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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
G Anand

To accept or not to accept — SDPI support leaves Congress unsure

The Congress on Wednesday depicted the Social Democratic Party of India’s (SDPI) controversial public declaration of support for the party in upcoming Lok Sabha elections in somewhat ambiguous terms.

In Kannur, KPCC president K. Sudhakaran said the Congress has no business with any radical outfit. “However, all votes were welcome, be it the SDPI or the CPI(M),” he said.

On Tuesday, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan had said no one could blame the SDPI for viewing the Congress as the sole secular bulwark against the Sangh Parivar.

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