The BJP as also the Congress(I) would definitely work for a polarisation in which the United Front or any third force finds no place at all. The secular space is sought to be monopolised by the latter ... and the anti-  Congress(I) space by the former ... If the Front has to survive, then not only has it to shed its pro-Congress(I) stance, but also to consolidate and broaden itself as a distinct political entity ...

A broadening of the UF by the inclusion of the RJD, the Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP) of Chandra Shekhar, Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya), which was but a part of the SJP, the BSP and the Republican Party of India (RPI) can help it to emerge as a strong force. At the same time, efforts should continue to be made to persuade and pressurise the J&K National Conference and the AGP. A flexible approach towards some elements in the BJP-led coalition like the Lok Shakti, the BJD and the Samata Party might not be ruled out, looking at the fragility of that coalition ...

This Third Force is to be strengthened ... against the dynastic ambitions of the Congress(I) and the hidden agenda of the Sangh Parivar ... The Government has to be pushed into acutalising its promises made in the National Agenda, announced by the ruling coalition, particularly in respect of those programmes which it has borrowed from the UF's Common Minimum Programme ... The broadened UF must fight hard to ensure that the secular democratic fabric of the polity is not allowed to be tinkered with.

... Instead of prioritising the ouster of the BJP in alliance with the Congress(I), or that of the latter in collusion with the BJP, a policy of equidistance has to be pursued, with ... the aspirations of the common people.