Bhubaneswar: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said the Third Front was poised to make a "serious bid" to form the government as he held talks with Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday.
"We will work to form a non-BJP, non-Congress government," Karat told reporters, with Patnaik of Biju Janta Dal (BJD) standing next to him.
The Marxist leader said he believed the elections would throw up a hung Parliament.
"By the definition of hung Parliament – no party or combination will get absolute majority," he said.
"The Third Front is poised to make a serious bid to form Government. I hope the secular, non-Congress parties will come together with us," he said.
The BJD was part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance for more than a decade but it broke ties with that coalition ahead of the General Elections.
It has an Orissa-specific alliance with the Left and the Nationalist Congress Party.
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