Deve Gowda sees strong possibility of a Third Front Govt

Expressing strong probability of formation of a Third Front government after the forthcoming general elections, Janta Dal (S) chief H D Deve Gowda today said economic matters will be the main issue in them.

In a media interview, Gowda claimed the Front's probability of winning has increased as Left parties, JD (S), AIADMK, Telegu Desam Party (TDP) and Telengana Rastra Samiti (TRS) have united.

He said that the Front will go to the polls with all major issues and talks are on to form an electoral tie-up.

He claimed the JD(S) chances in LS seats in Karnataka have improved after "bad" governance of the BJP government in place and added that the party had won three out of the eight assembly seats in the by-polls there.

Gowda said his party at a rally in Koppal, had asked all political parties to raise the issue of reservation for minorities and dalit Muslims in politics, jobs and education.

He said the Third Front will raise this issue strongly in the next elections.

The JD(S) chief alleged that the economic policies started by the BJP-led NDA government were being continued by the Congress-led government and it has resulted in a few industrial houses becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer.

Gowda alleged that suicides by farmers and slowdown in the agriculture sector, which started during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government time, has not stopped in the present Manmohan Singh regime.

He said economic matter would be the main issue of the Front in the elections.

On the Third Front's tie-up with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Deve Gowda said CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat had initiated talks with BSP and good results were expected soon.

Asked if JD(S) was planning to field its candidates outside Karnataka, Deve Gowda said that it will happen only if the candidate has a strong possibility of winning.

Courtest Zeenews.


Gowda might be dreaming that the Third front will win the next election and he himself can be the Prime Minister.And as what happened when he was PM,he can sit in important official functions and sleep...!!

Any way it's a nice dream to have,a dream of becoming PM.But it will be just that.A dream.