History of The Third Front
Prior to 2008, the Third Front existed as the United National Progressive Alliance for a brief period of time. It was then a grouping of eight political parties in India who were neither in United Progressive Alliance nor in National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or in Indian left. The alliance had then approached Abdul Kalam to contest the Indian presidential election. Rasheed Masood was their Vice-Presidential candidate.
The UNPA however split in 2008, to be resurrected in 2009 as the Third Front.
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