PTI
New Delhi, Oct 7 : CPI(M) is in talks with SP, JD(U),
JD(S) and BJD and other parties in a bid to forge a grouping
of non-Congress secular forces ahead of the general elections, with the first step being to ensure their participation at a convention against communalism here later this month.
“Discussions are being held with non-Congress secular
parties like the Samajwadi Party, JD(U), JD(S) and BJD to
safeguard our secular democratic republic from threats
emanating from communal forces,” senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury told a press conference here.

To questions whether this grouping would lay the foundations for a ‘Third Front’ ahead of elections, he said all this would depend on the poll outcome. “We are working for the success of the convention. That is the objective now.”