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"BJD will not support either a Congress-led or a BJP-led government", Patnaik said when asked what will be his party's stand after the poll.
He said "it is also premature to say anything on the possibility of BJD joining the Third Front" and added a clear picture would emerge after completion of the general elections.
Though BJD has snapped ties with BJP and NDA, Patnaik had earlier not made it clear whether his party would support the UPA or the NDA after polls.
To a query, the BJD president said he had no aspiration to become the prime minister as "I will like to serve as chief minister of Orissa and work for the people of the state."
Patnaik's statement came after CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan met the BJD chief and requested him to join the Third Front.
On the chances of making Patnaik as the Third Front's prime ministerial candidate, Bardhan shot back "do you think we lack PM candidates?"
Even after meeting leaders of Left parties, including CPM's Sitaram Yechury and Bardhan, Patnaik did not definitely say whether he would join the Third Front.
Bardhan said the BJD president should be given time to take his decision. He said CPI would wait for five or six days to sit for seat-sharing talks with BJD.
"Let the chief minister take his time and tell us when he is free to talk on seat-sharing," Bardhan said adding Left parties would like to have an alliance with BJD after it snapped ties with BJP.
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He patnaik like his father is an opportunist. If BJP was not ok for him , he should have forsaken them many years ago. these regional politicians should have no say in the LOK Sabha. A maximum of only three parties should be allowed to contest the LOK sabha elections if a stable Govenment is to run the country. Shame on Opportunists like BJD
Dear Sir,India is a country - Unity in Diversity. The socalled regional personal outfits are not good for India at all. We must have a two or three party system and our PM must be educated, presentable, youth and visionary. Can India have a PM like Pawar, Jayalalitha,Karunanidhi, DeveGowda, Chandra Babu Naidu, Modi, Patnaik, Lalu, Nitish, Mayavati, the list goes on endless, only have regionalism in their blood and continue to promote the same well knowing that we are a country with Unity in Diversity. We must have a rule like America for a two party system and the PM must be selected like American Model so that the person has a mandate to lead india. The personal outfits parties should be banned from Election.
Why should people vote for this(BJD) party which uncertain from starting. Neither with Opposition nor with any Ruling Party??? Why should people waste their for BJD?