BJP today ruled out supporting a Third Front government in the event of the NDA failing to cobble up a majority, stating the "nucleus of any non-Congress government has to be BJP or the NDA".
"The question of a BJP or an NDA support to a Third or a Fourth Front is a ruled out possibility," BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley said.
"There is a possibility of a non-Congress created government emerging after the polls and the nucleus of any non-Congress government has to be the BJP or the NDA, " .
"There is no Third Front possible in lok Sabha election India as a government because a Third Front or a Fourth Front all together does not total up to more than 150 seats beyond any calculation without either the Congress or the BJP support,".
Jaitley said in such a scenario the Congress would have to decide whether it wants "short term or long term gains".
"But I see the politics gradually drifting in favour of a larger non-Congress party doing better," he said.
The saffron party's chief strategist said such a non-Congress formation could not form the next government without BJP.
