On India Today's special show News Today with Rajdeep Sardesai, Former Rajya Sabha MP Pavan Varma, who attended the meeting of Rashtra Manch called by NCP chief Sharad Pawar today, said, "Don't think this was about a 3rd front. Rashtra Manch is an open-ended discussion forum, not part of mainstream politics...There can be no front against BJP without the participation of Congress."
Lyricist Javed Akhtar too shared his views.
