A newly formed alliance of two small parties in Maharashtra is seeking to expand that into a third front of political parties opposed to both the ruling BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led group that is calling itself "INDIA". The Pragatik Vikas Manch (PVM), the new alliance whose key leaders are former MP Raju Shetti s Swabhimani Paksha and the Peasants and Workers Party, has approached other small parties and Telangana s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) to form a third front.