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<div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F2006April%2Fabdul-%2520nasser-%2520madani_062011111324.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>UDF and LDF woo Abdul Nasser Madani<p>Once every five years or so, Abdul Nasser Madani, a rabble-rousing Muslim lodged in the Coimbatore jail for his alleged role in the bomb blasts in the city eight years ago that nearly killed among others, BJP leader L.K. Advani, becomes the most sought after politician from neighbouring Kerala.</p><p>Leaders of all political hues line up outside his cell, seeking the support of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), the party that he founded a decade ago. During the last Assembly elections in 2001, he backed the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) after party leaders visited him in jail and promised to do their best to get him out.</p><p>This time, Madani, who enjoys considerable clout among Muslims in the state- they account for about 22 per cent of Kerala's population- has decided to support the Marxist-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), no doubt in protest against the UDF government's failure to fulfill its promise. </p><p>Two months ago, it was the UDF that had taken the initiative to have a resolution adopted by the state Assembly demanding that bail be granted to the ailing Madani. Nothing came of it and Madani has now called on his faithfuls to back the Communist-led Front.</p><p>"We should express our support to the Left parties for their principled stand against US President George W. Bush's crusade against Islam", said Madani in a statement released from jail.</p><div class="itemcenter"><amp-iframe height="62" title="" width="320" sandbox="allow-forms allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation" allowfullscreen src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014%5Cu0026native%3D1" class="mrBt15 preferred-source-banner"> </amp-iframe></div></p><p>If the UDF, as is expected, fails to retain power in the state, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and company can put the blame on Bush.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Apr 17, 2006</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

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<div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F2006April%2Fabdul-%2520nasser-%2520madani_062011111324.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>UDF and LDF woo Abdul Nasser Madani<p>Once every five years or so, Abdul Nasser Madani, a rabble-rousing Muslim lodged in the Coimbatore jail for his alleged role in the bomb blasts in the city eight years ago that nearly killed among others, BJP leader L.K. Advani, becomes the most sought after politician from neighbouring Kerala.</p><p>Leaders of all political hues line up outside his cell, seeking the support of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), the party that he founded a decade ago. During the last Assembly elections in 2001, he backed the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) after party leaders visited him in jail and promised to do their best to get him out.</p><p>This time, Madani, who enjoys considerable clout among Muslims in the state- they account for about 22 per cent of Kerala's population- has decided to support the Marxist-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), no doubt in protest against the UDF government's failure to fulfill its promise. </p><p>Two months ago, it was the UDF that had taken the initiative to have a resolution adopted by the state Assembly demanding that bail be granted to the ailing Madani. Nothing came of it and Madani has now called on his faithfuls to back the Communist-led Front.</p><p>"We should express our support to the Left parties for their principled stand against US President George W. Bush's crusade against Islam", said Madani in a statement released from jail.</p><div class="itemcenter"><iframe scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="62" awidth="320" aheight="62" amplayout="fixed" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Findiatoday%2Fbanner%2Fpreferred-source-new.html%3Fv%3D1.014" class="preferred-source-banner" loading="lazy"></iframe></div><style>.preferred-source-banner{  margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:10px;}</style></p><p>If the UDF, as is expected, fails to retain power in the state, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and company can put the blame on Bush.</p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Apr 17, 2006</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

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Kerala polls: UDF, LDF woo rabble-rousing Abdul Nasser Madani

A rabble-rousing Maulana, wooed both by the LDF and UDF in Kerala, a once-imperious, now humble chief minister hoping for a second term, a Marxist patriarch on his last electoral foray. Scenes from Elections 2006.

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