New Delhi (PTI): Even though it has pledged support to the BJD government for the trust vote in Orissa, the JMM on Tuesday remained non-committal about an alliance with the Naveen Patnaik-led party for the Lok Sabha elections. "We have yet not decided with which party we would go. We may contest the next Lok Sabha election even alone as then we would be able to contest more seats," state President of the party Sudam Marandi said on asked whether he will go with BJD in the Lok Sabha elections.
With the JMM still to decide on its future relationship with the BJD, it remains uncertain whether the Shibu Soren-led party will forge an alliance with the latter for the assembly elections in the state which are not far off.
Mr. Marandi was speaking to reporters after the four JMM MLAs, who have pledged their support to the BJD government two days back, met Soren here. The party MLAs along with its state president came here last evening to discuss the matter with Mr. Soren.
The JMM has five MLAs and one MP in Orissa. With the Orissa unit of the JMM backing the BJD, speculation was rife that it could tie up with Naveen Patnaik-led party in the state under a third front arrangement for the coming elections. "There is difference between situations in Orissa and Jharkhand. We will think how to expand the party in Orissa," Mr. Marandi said when asked to comment on the decision of the state unit of the JMM to back the BJD in the backdrop of the party being a key ally of the UPA in Jharkhand.
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