Muslim, Christian voters keep Left in Thiruvananthapuram
Muslim, Christian voters keep Left in Thiruvananthapuram
Ever since the cobbling together of United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala almost five decades ago (formed during a byelection in Nilambur in 1970 in the lone Christian pocket in Muslim-majority Malappuram), the front has become the political platform for minority communities that amount to 45% of the electorate.
Ever since the cobbling together of United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala almost five decades ago (formed during a byelection in Nilambur in 1970 in the lone Christian pocket in Muslim-majority Malappuram), the front has become the political platform for minority communities that amount to 45% of the electorate.