By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Senior NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker, Purno Agitok Sangma, has asserted that there is no threat to the UPA Government following the recent events which have rocked the national politics.
“I don’t think there is any chance of the UPA Government collapsing since MPs are not in favour of mid-term polls,” Sangma said on Saturday.
The NCP leader’s statement comes in the wake of speculations that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee would replace Railways Minister and party member Dinesh Trivedi following the hike in passenger fares announced in the Railway Budget.
“The Prime Minister has already given a confident statement that there will be no mid-term polls and I believe that this Government will complete its full term,” Sangma added.
Reacting to a query on a possible Third Front at the Centre, the former Lok Sabha Speaker said attempts to create a Third Front had failed in the past.
However, he hinted that the Third Front might come into the power after the 2014 general elections.
“But the question is how will it sustain,” he added.
He also admitted that coalition government is not easy to sustain as has been the case in Meghalaya which regularly suffers from bouts of political instability.