The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) coalition seems to have survived a crucial political stress test.
By rejecting the Communist Party of India (Marxist)‘s invitation to participate in a seminar on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Kozhikode on Saturday, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) appeared to have ushered in a rare period of political insulation from the ruling Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) alleged machinations to engineer defections and sow disarray in the UDF.
A UDF insider said IUML’s spurning of the CPI(M) had historical precedent and was no surprise for the Congress.