
"The third alternative will have to bring about a shift in the policy trajectory. But that cannot be a cut and paste job on the eve of elections. To achieve our objective of third alternative, there are no short-cuts," Yechury said. Asked whether prospect of projection of Mayawati as Prime Ministerial candidate let a number of people off, he said the question was not of stability alone. "They (people) wanted stability with a commitment to the secular democratic foundations of India."