New Delhi : in a major development in Delhi politics just five months
ahead of the assembly elections, Janata Dal (Secular), Rashtriya Lok
Dal (RLD), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Lok Janshakti Party and
Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP) today formed a 'Third Front' and said it
would contest all the 70 seats.

Claiming to have support of some Muslim organisations also, these
parties said Samajwadi Party (SP) and CPI would join in too as talks
are already on with SP President Mulayam Singh Yadav and CPI General
Secretary A B Bardhan.

The Third Front, whose coordination committee was formed today, will
be launched formally at a rally on Thursday which will be addressed
by leaders of all the constituents, JD-S Delhi President and MLA
Shoaib Iqbal and LJP national vice president Ramvir Singh Bidhuri
told a news agency.

The groundwork for formation of the Third Front was done four days
ago when LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan, NCP General Secretary Tariq
Anwar and RLD Chief Ajit Singh met here, Iqbal said.

The 'Third Front' will launch its election campaign on July one and
four former Prime Ministers - V P Singh, I K Gujral, H D Deve Gowda
and Chandra Shekhar -- will take part, Bidhuri said.

Claiming that the people of Delhi were yearning for the Third Front
as they were "fed up with both Congress and BJP", Iqbal said, "The
Front will maintain equi-distance with both these parties."