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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
G Anand

UDF passes a political stress test with IUML spurning CPI(M)’s bid to forge a broad anti-UCC front

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.

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