The opposition is feeling itself dwarf against the rising power of Narendra Modi and BJP in the 2019 Loksabha elections. It is feeling that it may seldom compete Modi as alone. Therefore, efforts are on to plan for a great alliance for the 2019 general elections. CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri has said that there is a need to make a national great alliance to put challenge for BJP in the 2019 General Elections by giving direction to the people's discontent against the policies of the NDA government. Yechuri said that "We will decide on the basis of policies and programmes, because just being together is not the unity (of opposition), it's not just arithmatic. And I believe that there (in 2019) should be an alternate government, a secular government. Yechuri who recently met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that though talks were held on the alliance experiment keeping BJP far from the power in Bihar, but it may not have an already decided answer. Emphasizing the fact the Lefts at their own will play a crucial role in it, Yechuri said "So we said him (Nitish) that the answer is in the past which we have seen in 1996. A vote is also an answer. Our history will tell you. After the elections in 1996, Janta Dal, SP, DMK, TDP, AGP, All India Congress (Tiwari), four Left parties, Tamil Manila Congress, National Conference and Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party formed a united government of 13 parties. The future of this alliance somehow rests on the results of Congress-SP alliance in Uttar Pradesh. Now eyes are set on the results of the social engineering of Samajwadi Party and Congress in UP. It has been planned to enhance activeness across the country after the Assembly elections. Engaging of a team of analysts across the country on the lines of UP has also been planned. Besides keeping an eye over the mathematics on ground level it has been planned to search the prospective associates in the states. Union of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and BSP supremo Mayawati from Uttar Pradesh in the non-BJP front will also be worked out. Parties engaged in the preparations for non-BJP alliance are encouraged with the response to the Road Show of SP leader and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Congress will face the ground in alliance, Rahul Gandhi indicated such saying that it's possible in near future. Akhilesh has also indicated to project Rahul Gandhi as the face of prime minister. Congress is having a soft corner for Mayawati. Congress General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad said on the lines of Rahul Gandhi that "There is no political fight with her (Mayawati). We are fighting with the ideology of BJP and Sangh which are politically damaging the country." Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is keeping an eye on the results of Uttar Pradesh. However, JD(United) leader Sharad Yadav is already in the contact of Congress. According to Yadav our party is not engaged in alliance in Uttar Pradesh. But we'll surely talk over the possibilities of an alternative alliance as the Loksabha elections are near. Rashtriya Janta Dal involved in the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has openly come in favour of alternate alliance. RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav has talked many a times. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banarjee is also in close contact with Congress over the demonetization issue. Too much depends over the performance of SP-Congress alliance in Uttar Pradesh.
Anil Narendra
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