New Delhi, Apr. 10 : CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said on Friday that NCP chief Sharad Pawar may join the Third Front after the elections, as the "logic would lead him towards this option."

"Right now we are not having any understanding with him regarding the Third Front... But I think the logic of the situation would lead him to also consider this option," Karat told NDTV.

The CPI (M) leader admitted that Pawar would have various options open after the elections, but ultimately it could be Third Front that he may choose.

Vadakancherry (Kerala), Apr 9 : Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday said that the Congress is worried about Communists initiating the formation of a Third Front.

CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat saw a post-poll realignment of forces opposed to both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

At a political rally held in Kerala, he hoped aloud about a fresh realignment of non-Congress and non-BJP forces take shape after the impending general elections.

Addressing the rally, Karat lambasted the Congress-led UPA Government and the BJP. He claimed that CPI (M) was the only party capable of creating an alternative to them.

In a significant move, the CPM formed an alliance with the All India Anna DMK (AIADMK) in Tamil Nadu on Saturday for the coming Lok Sabha elections.

After two days of marathon deliberations at the State Committee Meeting here, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat called on AIADMK General Secretary J Jayalalithaa at her Poes Garden Residence yesterday afternoon and announced the alliance.

Kolkata, Oct 14 : CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat today said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati could be a prime ministerial candidate of a non-Congress and non-BJP alliance at the Centre depending on the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections.

“BSP is an important party and the ruling party in UP. We expect them to do well in Lok Sabha elections and therefore the leader of the BSP is going to be one of the people who I think will be considered,” Karat told reporters here.

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 : General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat has said that his party would not be surprised if an "untouchables" politician emerged as the front-runner for the prime ministerial berth after 2009 elections.

On being asked about Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati becoming Prime Minister, Karat said: "I am not ready to say anything because it is too premature, you see. After all in this country, we have had prime ministers who people never expected will be prime minister."