United National Progressive Alliance

Sometimes known as the Third Front. For the Third Front in power between 1996 and 1998, see United Front . For the Third Front in power between 1989 and 1991, see National Front .

The Third Front was created as an alliance of ten different political parties on March 12, 2009, at a rally held in Dobbaspet, a small town 50 kilometres from Bengaluru"The Third Front is being launched, against the pro-rich economic policies of the national parties like the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, against the growth of communal and fascist forces and to remain determined and committed to the cause of the pro-farmer, pro-poor, pro-worker, pro-Other Backward Classes, pro-Dalit, pro-women, pro-minorities and pro-youth."</blockquote>

Member parties

• a: parties that left the Third Front to join the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government after the 2009 general elections
• b: parties that gave outside support to UPA government after the 2009 general elections

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Former member parties

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (joined NDA)<br>Samajwadi Party (joined UPA)<br>Asom Gana Parishad (joined NDA)<br>Indian National Lok Dal (joined NDA)<br>

History of the Third Front

Prior to 2008, the Third Front existed as the United National Progressive Alliance for a brief period of time. It was then a grouping of eight political parties in......
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