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UPA Alliance Strong?

by Spark on May.15, 2009, under Economy and Finance, Entertainment, Facts, News, Personal, Science and Technology, Spark Spot, Sports

UPAUnited Progressive Alliance led by Congress Party is expected to get 216 seats, 40 seats ahead of the opposition BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, who are likely to win 177 seats in the general election. The Third Front, a loosely-built coalition of smaller regional parties led by the left parties, will end up with 105 seats, the channel said.

The left will not support a Congress-led government at the centre, but said no government was possible without the support of the Third Front, a coalition of smaller regional parties. The left recently softened its stand against the ruling Congress party, that may help it to form a government. The left will first try to form an alternative government with help from its allies in The Third Front, but if the front disintegrates, the left might might sit in the opposition and allow the Congress to form a government.

A regional party in the potential swing state of Andhra Pradesh said it will join the BJP-led coalition in a boost to the latter’s alliance building efforts. The regional Telangana Rashtra Samithi  said the NDA promised to fulfil the party’s longstanding demand for a separate Telangana state carved out of Andhra Pradesh, which currently boasts 42 seats in India’s national parliament. The TRS had fought the election with the Third Front.

The Congress party has opened its doors to all parties to cobble together a coalition, that could form the next government. The Congress, which has struggled to keep its allies happy, is negotiating with all political groups, even those belonging to the opposition BJP-led alliance, and was slightly ahead of the BJP-led bloc in exit polls.

Hindu-nationalist BJP, the main opposition party, said it will emerge as the single-largest after election results are announced on Saturday, and will form the government with help from allies, and new partners. The BJP was speaking to the AIADMK and Telugu Desam Party in southern India for possible alliances, which could help them get the numbers required to form a government

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