New Delhi: 11 Left and other parties came together claiming to be the alternative and vowed to defeat both Congress and BJP.
The announcement was made after an hour-long meeting here of the leaders of JD(U), Samajwadi Party, AIADMK, JD(S), Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and four Left parties.
Accusing Congress of have “a record of misrule, massive corruption, unprecedented price rise and creating glaring inequalities”, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said “we will work for the defeat of the Congress.”
Asked whether the combination would take Congress or BJP support if it failed to garner the 272-seat mark needed to form government, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said there was “no question, no chance” of taking support or supporting these two major parties.
On the issue of prime ministerial candidate, the SP chief, Karat and Yadav said it would be decided only after the polls.
“Never ever in the past have we fought on this issue … We have had Morarji Desai, V P Singh, H D Deve Gowda and I K Gujral. All these names were decided unanimously after the elections,” asserted Yadav.
