Veteran Congress leader A.K. Antony on Tuesday called the Lok Sabha polls a “do or die election’ that will “decide whether the idea of India should exist”, and said that if his health permits, he will campaign for United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates, including against his son who is a BJP candidate.
“Everything will depend on my health condition,” Mr. Antony told reporters here when asked whether he would go to Pathanamthitta to campaign for the UDF candidate in the Lok Sabha polls.
The pointed query was posed to the veteran leader as his son Anil K. Antony is being fielded by the BJP in the Pathanamthitta constituency, where he is challenging sitting UDF MP Anto Antony, and the ruling LDF candidate, senior CPI(M) leader and former Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac.
