The Social Democratic Party of India’s decision to back the Congress in the 2024 Lok Sabha election has stirred a controversy, given the organisation’s allegedly clandestine empathy with the banned Popular Front of India. The SDPI has vehemently denied the accusations.
It has also triggered worry among a section of Congress leaders whether the SDPI’s public declaration of support will alienate the party’s traditional support base among Christians.
For one, Congress leaders believe that the trauma of the 2010 PFI attack on a college teacher on the charge of blasphemy arguably remains etched in the community’s psyche.
