Third Front not just dead, was never born: TMC leader Derek O`Brien

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Derek O`Brien said on Monday that the Third Front was a Communist day dream and that it was a concept that was never born. Derek posted on the micro-blogging site Twitter - “The Third Front is not just dead, it was never born. It is a hobby horse of the Communists, who want to use the power of regional. parties to manipulate their way to influence without responsibility and to promote obsolete agendas. 3rd Front is a Communist day-dream.”

The Third Front is not just dead, it was never born. It is a hobby horse of the Communists, who want to use the power of regional... [1/2]

— Derek O'Brien (@quizderek) February 25, 2014

[2/2] parties to manipulate their way to influence without responsibility & to promote obsolete agendas. 3rd Front is a Communist day-dream.

— Derek O'Brien (@quizderek) February 25, 2014

Keeping the issue of prime ministerial candidate on the back-burner, 11 Left and secular parties today came together in the national capital 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. The 11-party combination also came out with a joint declaration which said "it is time for a change and to throw out the Congress from power... The BJP and the communal forces must be defeated and prevented from coming to power." With PTI inputs