Kerala Says No to Communalisation of Politics

April 4, 1987 Kerala Says No to Communalisation of Politics A Correspondent NEVER has there been an election fought in Kerala as last month's in which one coalition, unequivocally rejecting communal alliances or understanding, faced another coalition which was almost entirely an aggregation of political parties of various castes and communities. From the point of view of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), which has secured an absolute majority, the stakes were clearly high and the long-term implications of its principled stand quite serious.