<p>Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today ruled out formation of a third front ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections, saying differences could crop up among various parties on ticket distribution if it takes shape now.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Yadav, however, reiterated that the third front will be formed after elections and claimed the next prime minister will be from among the alliance partners.<br /><br />"The third front formation is not possible now, as differences can crop up among parties on ticket distribution and seat sharing," Yadav told reporters here.<br /><br />Yadav said all political parties of the proposed alliance will contest polls on their own strength and then get together after the next general election.<br /><br />He said his party is in touch with CPI-M leader Prakash Karat and CPI leader A B Bardhan over third front formation after polls and have an understanding on this.<br /><br />"We feel that the third front government should come to power at the Centre. The country's next prime minister will be a third front candidate," he said.<br /><br />Yadav, who has been spearheading the cause of a third front government and aspiring for the top post, said neither the BJP nor the Congress will be able to form the government.<br /><br />Asked who will be the third front prime ministerial candidate, Yadav said only one Prime Ministerial candidate has been announced so far, in an apparent reference to BJP's Narendra Modi.<br /><br />"But, the third front candidate will be the next prime minister of the country," he claimed.<br /><br />CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat had recently held a meeting with Yadav and is understood to have discussed the evolving political situation in the wake of the controversy over the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers.<br /><br />CPI(M) sources said the meeting was essentially to discuss the plans for holding a national convention in the defence of secularism.<br /><br />The convention is slated to be held on October 30 here.<br /><br />The sources said the convention will gather Left democratic and secular forces to adopt a joint programme to fight the menace of communalism, specially in the wake of the recent violence in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country.</p>
<p>Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today ruled out formation of a third front ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha elections, saying differences could crop up among various parties on ticket distribution if it takes shape now.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Yadav, however, reiterated that the third front will be formed after elections and claimed the next prime minister will be from among the alliance partners.<br /><br />"The third front formation is not possible now, as differences can crop up among parties on ticket distribution and seat sharing," Yadav told reporters here.<br /><br />Yadav said all political parties of the proposed alliance will contest polls on their own strength and then get together after the next general election.<br /><br />He said his party is in touch with CPI-M leader Prakash Karat and CPI leader A B Bardhan over third front formation after polls and have an understanding on this.<br /><br />"We feel that the third front government should come to power at the Centre. The country's next prime minister will be a third front candidate," he said.<br /><br />Yadav, who has been spearheading the cause of a third front government and aspiring for the top post, said neither the BJP nor the Congress will be able to form the government.<br /><br />Asked who will be the third front prime ministerial candidate, Yadav said only one Prime Ministerial candidate has been announced so far, in an apparent reference to BJP's Narendra Modi.<br /><br />"But, the third front candidate will be the next prime minister of the country," he claimed.<br /><br />CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat had recently held a meeting with Yadav and is understood to have discussed the evolving political situation in the wake of the controversy over the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers.<br /><br />CPI(M) sources said the meeting was essentially to discuss the plans for holding a national convention in the defence of secularism.<br /><br />The convention is slated to be held on October 30 here.<br /><br />The sources said the convention will gather Left democratic and secular forces to adopt a joint programme to fight the menace of communalism, specially in the wake of the recent violence in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country.</p>