Raising speculation about the formation of a third
front for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh
Singh Yadav made a surprise call on his Tamil Nadu counterpart and senior
political leader J. Jayalalithaa at Chennai on April 22, 2013 (Monday).
The sudden meeting at the TN Secretariat here that
was finalised only April 21, 2013 (Sunday) night gains importance in the light
of Jayalalithaa’s open criticism of the BJP for not helping Tamil Nadu’s cause
in getting its due share of water from the BJP-governed Karnataka and her
allegation that the Centre stifled the Opposition-ruled states.
The SP leader held discussions with the AIADMK
supremo at Fort St George for 23 minutes. Despite his promise in the morning
that he would brief the media on their meeting, Yadav did not utter a word
after the meeting. Jayalalithaa, who left within a few minutes, also did not
speak to the media.
Sources said they had discussed the Centre’s
“adamant” and “non-friendly” attitude towards non-Congress Chief Ministers. This
could, perhaps, bring them under one umbrella in the run-up to the general
polls.
Sources said Yadav had conveyed his keenness to
meet Jayalalithaa ahead of his scheduled participation at a function organised
by Pattali Makkal Katchi in Mamallapuram, near to Chennai.
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