11 parties form joint bloc in Parliament Wednesday Feb 05,2014

Leaders of 11 parties came together to form a bloc for a joint floor strategy in Parliament.

 The 11 parties are -

• Samajwadi Party
• Janata Dal (United)
• AIADMK
• Asom Gana Parishad(AGP)
• Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
• Janata Dal (Secular)
• Biju Janata Dal and 
• CPI
• CPI(M)
• RSP
• Forward Bloc

The leaders of the 11 parties, who met in Parliament House, indicated that the idea of a secular, democratic front was taking concrete shape.

Outside Parliament, the leaders would try and evolve a common strategy and programme. They have already indicated that individual parties can go in for seat arrangements in their respective states. 

Besides former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda, those who met reporters were Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), Sharad Yadav, K. C. Tyagi (JD-U), M. Thambidurai (AIADMK), D. Raja (CPI), Jay Panda (BJD), Biren Baishya (AGP) and Ramgopal Yadav (SP), Manohar Tirkey (RSP) and Barun Mukherjee (Forward Bloc).