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ruled States as well. He assured the Samata Manch that the BJP would help it in its mission of working for the rashtra hit (national welfare). The other political party represented at the meeting was the Asom Gana Parishad: its nominee was Santanu Thakur. The former Speaker Purno Sangma, who now heads the National Peoples Party, had also been invited but could not make it as he had another engagement, the organisers said. Over the next few months, the Samata Manch will organise rallies in all State capitals and invite all nonCongress parties, including the BJP. In a resolution, the Samata Manch appealed to all non-Congress leaders, including regional leaders to come on a platform and show the exit door to the Congress. The Congress is trying to break the non-Congress unity by using the trap of secularism. The Congress is an authoritarian party and is intrinsically against federalism and regional aspirations. The Congress can neither defend the national interest nor can it address regional concerns. But if the Samata Manchs target was the Congress, the target of the JD (U)- Left-SP grouping is the BJP. Accusing the BJP of harming Opposition unity on corruption, price rise and other issues, the former NDA ally, the JD (U), said it planned to bring non-Congress, non-BJP forces on one platform on October 30 as an effective alternative but shied away from calling it the Third Front. Representatives from Jayalalithaas AIADMK, Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal, JD(S) chief H.D. Deve Gowda, Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) chief Babulal Marandi and members of the just formed front of north-eastern parties will attend the Convention Against Communalism and For Unity of People. JD (U) president Sharad Yadav told journalists on Tuesday that the effort is to bring all nonCongress non-BJP parties, which are against price rise and corruption of the present government. But the invitation letter for the meeting sent to parties by CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, however, makes the agenda amply clear. Communal riots are increasing in the country. Communal forces are involved in fanning communal tension, which is provoking communal violence, the letter says, adding, the communal riots breaking out in Muzaffarnagar is a matter of concern for all of us It has become necessary that democratic and secular forces reply to this challenge by coming together, maintain the unity of people and protect secularism. Curiously, the AGP that attended the Samata Manch meeting here on Wednesday, was the prime mover for the coming together on Sunday of 11 regional political parties that have named themselves as the North-East Regional Political Front (NERPF) to press the Centre to solve the common and vital issues of the region. In a show of solidarity, Akali Dal leader and former Chief Minister of Punjab Surjit Singh Barnala attended the NERPF meeting.