With his attempt to form a non-Congress and non-BJP government in 2014, Yadav has successfully fuelled the speculation of a Third Front.

He blames the United Progressive Alliance for inflation and corruption. He blames the Bharatiya Janata Party for opting to go communal of late. But what Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav knows quite well is that battling the two formidable opponents in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections is not an easy ball game at all.

With his attempt to form a non-Congress and non-BJP government in 2014, Yadav has successfully fuelled the speculation of a Third Front but all these political equations will actually shape up only after the numbers' tally is available.

"We want to agree over issues first and plan a joint fight against the Congress and BJP. The leadership debate is mere speculation - we need to get the numbers first," Yadav told The Times of India in an interview.

However, what is not lost is the bitterness with the BJP for choosing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate. The JD(U) chief made it clear that his party would "never let Modi come to power or religion run the nation".

According to The Times of India report, Yadav also said greed got the better of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and the JD(U) will not seek political gains at cost of somebody's plight.