August 10th, 2008 
krishna UNPA After the withdrawal of support by the Left parties to the UPA led government United National Progressive Alliance had emerged as the third most powerful political option as compared to the NDA and UPA. Though there was no ideological understanding between its various member parties but they had projected BSP supremo Mayawati as their Prime Ministerial candidate for the forthcoming elections for the Lok Sabha.
Trust Vote But PM Manmohan Singh somehow had succeeded in securing the trust votes and the UPA government survived and it is being expected that it will complete its full term of five years. Before the trust motion it was being expected that PM Manmohan Singh will not succeed in mustering the required support for the survival of the government and election are very near. In the meantime all the UNPA parties, with the help of Left and BSP had formed a third front.
Third Option It was being considered UNPA will emerge as the strongest alliance after the elections. But everything has changed after the special session of the parliament. Public emotions are not in favor of UPA and it is evident that there are very little chances that it will return to power. On the other hand NDA’s Prime Ministerial candidate L.K. Advani is not a leader of the stature of A.V Vajpayee. In such circumstance UNPA was being seen as the political alternative that can offer someone as an acceptable Prime Ministerial candidate in the forthcoming elections.
But cracks have started to appear in the UNPA. As some of its member political parties has declined to accept Mayawati as their Prime Ministerial candidate. Some of the parties has said that they will present a third front in front of the people as an alternative to the NDA and UPA in the forthcoming elections but it will be based on common minimum program instead of projecting an individual as Prime Ministerial candidate.
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