 "Third front not of much credence: Kamal Nath")
"I don't give much credence to the third front... the country will have a secular government in 2014," Nath told reporters here.
Talks are on among some non-Congress and non-BJP parties to form a federal front for next year's Lok Sabha polls.
JD-U leaders Wednesday seemed to have decided to end the 17-year-old alliance with the BJP over the elevation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the chief of the party's election campaign for the 2014 polls. A formal announcement to this effect is expected soon.
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