Exuding confidence that Third Front will be able to form government at the Centre, CPI today said it will neither support formation of a Congress-led government nor allow BJP to take advantage of the situation.
"We are confident that we will be in a position to form an alternative government. We will not support a Congress-led government at the Centre and we will also not allow BJP to take advantage of any situation," CPI leader D Raja told reporters.
This was the "strategic position" of the party, he said.
Dismissing exit polls as "speculation", Raja said the actual situation will emerge only after the May 16 results.
He said the Left had appealed to the people to vote for an alternative secular government at the Centre and an alternative non-BJP non-Congress government. "I think people have given that support. It will be known on the 16th," he said.
Referring to the meeting between BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani and US Charge d'Affairs Peter Burleigh yesterday, Raja said no external power should try to interfere in political affairs of the country.
"I must underline that no external power should try to interfere in our political affair and no political party should give any room to external powers to meddle in our affair. We are opposed to any external power meddling in our affair," he said.
Expressing confidence that the Third Front would "do better and play an important role", the CPI leader said there were great possibilities of a new alignment being forged after counting of votes.
"Alignment of political forces is a political process. It is expected that new forces will join us, but it is not the time to identify them. You leave it to the parties," Raja said.
Asked about a "setback" to the Left in Kerala, he dismissed it as "speculation" and shot back "what do you mean by setback. Losing one or two seats does not mean a setback".
The Left parties would meet on Sunday to take stock of the post-poll scenario, which would be followed by meetings of the top decision-making bodies of the four parties in the ensuing week.
On Monday, the Left parties would hold a meeting with leaders of BSP, AIADMK, TDP, BJD and JD(S) to chalk out future course of action for the non-Congress, non-BJP alternative.
