New Delhi: Fourth Front constituents, which had parted company with the UPA, tonight went into a huddle after Congress gave indications that it may include only pre-poll allies in the new Union Government.
Samajwadi Party leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan held a meeting with RJD chief Lalu Prasad at his residence to discuss their strategy.
The meeting came shortly after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) emphasised that the party should include only pre-poll allies in government formation, a move that has made SP, RJD and LJP jittery as they had contested separately.
Sources said there was a general view within Congress that Samajwadi Party, which had been a difficult ally, should be kept out, although it has 23 seats.
Prasad, whose RJD has four seats, has clearly indicated keenness to stay in the new Cabinet.
The 'Fourth Front' fell flat on its face after the combine of Lalu, Paswan and Mulayam, which had boasted that Congress could not come to power without its support, failed to retain even half of the 64 seats won by them in 2004.