Patna: Lok Janshakti Party chief Ramvilas Paswan on Friday ruled out any possibility of a third front ahead or after the next Lok Sabha polls, and instead called out all secular parties to join hands against the BJP.
"There is no possibility of a third front before or after next Lok Sabha polls. Different political parties have different views on its formation," Paswan told media persons in Bihar's Darbhanga district during his 'Bihar Bachao' campaign.
"How can a third front be a reality when different parties and leaders are expressing their own views and stand over it. Who will form it then?" he asked.
Paswan said that it was now high time for all secular parties to join hands to take on Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in the next elections....
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