On Regional Parties: "By their very nature, regional parties...can never rise above local ethnic considerations.... They incite narrow linguistic or ethnic sentiments. Very soon, these agendas become a recipe for economic disaster and social turmoil.... In the event of a conflict between national and regional or local interest, regional parties will choose the latter to the detriment of India as we know it and cherish it." The manifesto mentions three parties by name the TDP, the AGP, and the Shiromani Akali Dal.Not the RJD and the Samajwadi Party.