Third front: Not again, Netaji

At a time when the DMK has pulled out of the UPA, and refused to support it from outside too, and the Manmohan Singh government draws life support from the SP, Mulayam Singh Yadav has started talking up the Third Front. No single party can rule the Centre again, Netaji has said, and a union of regional parties will be necessary to form the national government. Following quick on the heels of his praise for BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, and his unsubtle attempts to stoke speculation about an early general election, this Third Front talk could be more of the same politics of brinkmanship.

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