Kanhaiya to campaign for Third Front in NMMC polls

Kanhaiya Kumar, who is the national executive council member of the Community Party of India (CPI) is likely to campaign for the upcoming civic election of Navi Mumbai in April. The third front, consisting of at least 13 parties including Samajwadi and CPI has decided to bring senior leaders for the campaign.

The civic election of Navi Mumbai is going to be interesting as the third front has come into the fray. At least 13 parties including Samajwadi Party (SP) and Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) has decided to form Navi Mumbai Vikas Aghadi (NMVA) to fight against the BJP and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the coming election of NMMC.

The party representatives will meet in Vashi on January 11 at the Vishnudas Bhawe Auditorium to chalk out a plan for the election.

Advocate Rajendra Korde, spokesperson of PWP said that they will continue to fight for the poor and deprived and their agenda is the rehabilitation of slums.

Afsar Imam, who recently joined Samajwadi Party after leaving NCP said that the third front consists of all parties except for MVA and BJP. “We had a meeting where PWP, Republican Sena, CPI, CPM, Janta Dal Secular among others were present. They are all ready to make a front to fight on all 111 seats in the civic election,” said Imam. He added that they would bring senior leaders for the campaign including Abu Azmi, Yogendra Yadav and Kanhaiya Kumar.

Korde refused that the front will ultimately help BJP like Bihar and other places. “We are here to win the NMMC election,” said Korde.

Earlier, the Republican Party of India (A) announced a contest on 10 percent or 12 seats in the election and they will discuss it with the BJP.