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The ‘Third Front’ Politics aka power of Regional Politics and the ‘unanticipated 14th Prime Minister of India’

by D.Dhanuraj The election commission is ready to declare the schedule of General Elections 2014. Political parties are busy in building alliances. It’s the coalition politics era in India. The main stream parties; Congress and BJP are still dilly dallying with the political formations they should push to occupy Raisina Hills. There are many ‘If’s and ‘But’s in the scene and poll pundits are obscured with the resurrection of the strategies of AAP by resigning from the Delhi Government.  It is for sure that the new Government formation is not going to be an easy task for any of political parties as most pollsters predict a very fractured mandate this year.  Every party is willing to buy the coalition government at the centre and it offers number of opportunities even for smaller parties when the fight is so close and exciting. Both UPA and NDA are still scouting for their partners and allies. For UPA,  anti-incumbency is at the peak riding on policy paralysis a