Ajit Jogi Backs KCR's Non-BJP, Non-Congress Front Plan

Hyderabad:  Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi today spoke to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao over phone and expressed support for the plan to float a third front-like formation, Mr Rao's office said.

"Ajit Jogi told the chief minister that he will be with him in his efforts to form a front at the national level and expressed his willingness to join the front," a release from Mr Rao's office said.

Mr Jogi also said that Mr Rao had successfully spearheaded the separate Telangana agitation, the release said.

"You have proved to be a great leader and you will also prove to be a great leader in future," the release quoted Mr Jogi as saying.

Mr Jogi also told Mr Rao that he would get the support of "like-minded people" for the proposed front, it said.

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, leaders of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and some other leaders also expressed support to Mr Rao's proposal to forge a non-Congress, non-BJP front, according to CMO sources.

At a press conference here on March 3, Chief Minister Rao had said he was keen to participate in the national politics to bring about a "change", and was in talks with others to form a platform of like-minded parties.