Nitish Kumar has said it is too early to talk about political alliances for 2014. But as he shares stage today with Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and others at a convention against communalism, speculation about a possible re-grouping of a third front is inevitable. The meeting at Delhi's Talkatora stadium has been organised by the Left and 14 parties have confirmed participation,
among them Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United, the Samajwadi Party, the Biju Janata Dal, the Asom Gana Parishad and Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular).