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	Left Democratic Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Left Democratic Front is one of the two major alliances that dominate the political life of the Indian state Kerala.
		LDF is also the name of an alliance in Maharashtra.
		The core of LDF in Maharashtra is Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India and Peasants and Workers Party of India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Left_Democratic_Front (184 words)

	Left Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Left Front is an alliance of Indian leftist parties.
		The convenor of the West Bengal Left Front committee is Biman Bose, politburo member of CPI(M).
		In Kerala, a formation of left parties led by the CPI(M) called the Left Democratic Front is the governing group in the Kerala State Assembly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Left_Front (205 words)

	LF Govt. Bastion of left Democratic forces
		The implications of the longevity of the Left Front government began to be realised gradually.
		The international dimension of the hostile maneouvres against the Left Front government was exposed by the air dropping of arms in Purulia in 1994 which marked a new stage in the conspiracies against the Left Front government.
		It is the mainstay for the parliamentary representation of the Left.
	www.cpim.org /marxist/200202_marxist_wblf_pk.htm (5028 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Left Democratic Front set for big win in Kerala
		Since then the LDF's lead over the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) has dropped from eight to about six percentage points, but that is enough to ensure a comprehensive victory for the LDF.
		If the LDF succeeds in holding on to the lead till May 3, the last day of polling in the three-phase elections to the State Assembly, it could win between 93 to 103 seats, leaving the UDF with just 39-45 seats.
		The last time the LDF scored such a huge victory over the UDF was in the 1980 Assembly elections when the LDF secured a six-point lead in votes to win 93 seats against only 46 for the UDF.
	www.hindu.com /2006/04/13/stories/2006041312470100.htm (655 words)

	15th CPI(M) Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		in the absence of a strong Left and democratic movement in the country as a whole, and the weakness of other secular forces, the discontent of the people is sought to be utilised by the communal forces.
		While the Left has carried out a consistent struggle against the communal forces by arousing the people to be on guard against this danger and appealing to their patriotism, the Congress has always encouraged and placated these forces.
		The only difference between the two fronts (the People's Democratic Front and the Left Democratic Front) is that in the latter, the leadership of the working class is not yet ensured.
	www.cpim.org /marxist/199502_marxist_15cong_hks.htm (4114 words)

	Political Affairs Magazine - India: After The Election Victories Of The Left
		THE historic victory of the Left Front in West Bengal for the seventh successive time and that too with a three-fourth majority and the decisive victory of the Left Democratic Front in Kerala with a two-third majority have brought the role of the CPI(M) and the Left into sharp focus.
		The seventh Left Front government is committed to consolidate the success in land reforms and agriculture, keep up the momentum in developing industry, build rural and urban infrastructure, increasing employment opportunities and widen and raise the quality of education and health systems.
		The verdict in favour of the Left should strengthen the resolve of all democratic and patriotic circles in India to resolutely oppose the UPA government’s pro-American policies.
	www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/3471/1/186 (1605 words)

	Political Affairs Magazine - India's State Elections Strengthen Left Parties
		The people in all the five states that went to the polls have enthusiastically responded to the call of the Left by electing the Left Front in West Bengal for the seventh consecutive terms, voting the Left Democratic Front to power in Kerala and enhancing the Left representations in the rest of the three states.
		The LDF had complete sway in North Kerala, particularly in the districts of Kannur and Kasargod and in the Travancore regions.
		Despite the stiff opposition by the Left parties, the economic ministries continued to follow in the footsteps of the previous regime in implementing the economic neo-liberalism.
	www.politicalaffairs.net /article/view/3448/1/186 (1551 words)

	A Left agenda for Kerala
		But in the 11 years that followed, including the last five under a Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government (that allowed Kerala's decentralisation experiment to degenerate), the very concept of "decentralisation in a planned economy" had to be undertaken under the looming shadow of neo-liberalism.
		Various speakers at the congress drew attention to the fact that the Left movement in Kerala had decided on an alternative path to development in 1994 exactly at a time when the Central government was determined to push ahead with neo-liberal economic policies that militate against such an alternative.
		Democratic forces in Kerala must resolve that caste and communal forces will not be allowed to take over public resources for private use and must counter their forays into politics," he told the delegates.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2301/stories/20060127002309300.htm (2337 words)

	:: SECULAR INDIA ::..
		Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday urged the people to reject the Left Democratic Front in Kerala as it was following the path of confrontation and the BJP which was spreading the poison of communal divide.
		Winding up the second leg of her campaigning for the Assembly elections here this evening, she said the Congress led United Democratic Front's victory was imperative to sustain the momentum of growth in Kerala.
		Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) President K Muraleedharan said it was a special moment for him to share the dias with Ms Sonia Gandhi.
	www.secularindia.com /news/2006/04/26Reject.htm (195 words)

	Kerala: Where change is static
		The result was, thus, on predictable lines: The Left Democratic Front romped home with 98 seats.
		The mantle of leading the LDF coalition government is all set to fall on the grand old man of the CPI-M, V S Achuthanandan.
		When the left opposes the so-called "reforms" media termes them as "Anti-Development" and when left capiatlizes on "reforms" the same media question left's communism and...
	www.rediff.com /election/2006/may/11gi.htm (683 words)

	Indiantelevision.com > News Releases > Indiavision - AC Nielson Kerala exit poll results achieve 98.9% accuracy
		It had predicted that the united democratic front would get 40 seats in the just concluded election to the kerala assembly.
		The final outcome of the election has matched the exit poll projections by a negligible deviation of one seat less for the left democratic front.
		Amid hue and cry by the leaders of the UDF that Indiavision had been playing tunes for the LDF, the professional approach by AC Neilson and Indiavision has proved the method was really accurate.
	www.indiantelevision.com /release/y2k6/may/mayrel34.htm (218 words)

	Freeindiamedia.com, Express your impartial, radical, grassroot views on current issues. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is obsessed with what impact the massive win of the Left Front in West Bengal and the wresting of power from the Congress-led UDF by the Left Democratic Front in Kerala will have on the equations between the UPA Government and the Left parties at the Centre.
		Its near-unanimous conclusion is that the Left will now exploit its victory to further tighten the screws on the Centre, and for the rest of the Parliamentary term, both the UPA and the Government will have to be submitting to their mounting pressure for survival.
		The hiatus between the present "revisionism" of the Left and Mr Bhattacharjee's energetic thrusts has become so wide that the Left Front Committee Chairman, Mr Biman Bose, of the CPI(M) had to demand of the Chief Minister that he apprise the Front allies of all the important decisions of the government.
	www.freeindiamedia.com /politics/22_may3_06.html (1045 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The LDF stamped its authority in all the three tiers of the panchayats as well as in municipalities and corporations.
		Though the LDF has traditionally been doing well in a majority of the corporations and panchayats, the UDF was expected to put up a good show in the small towns or municipalities where the voters are mostly middle class.
		In the Kasargode district panchayat, both the fronts won equal number of seats, with the BJP emerging as a key element.
	www.the-week.com /25oct09/statescan_article1.htm (810 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Now, Karunakaran is the Left’s fellow traveller in the civic polls on September 24 and 26, and memories of Emergency have receded.
		With Vijayan’s exoneration of Karunakaran, it is clear that the alliance of the Left with the newly formed Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) is going to be the highlight of the polls.
		The LDF, on the other hand, is highlighting how the UDF had wrecked the previous government’s decentralisation process and how it would revoke the people’s planning if voted to power.
	www.the-week.com /25sep25/statescan_article4.htm (542 words)

	Caste Aside-Editorial-OPINION-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) is claiming that the state is witnessing economic growth, thanks to its policies.
		Both UDF and LDF accept that wealth generation is an essential aspect of governance and policies that aim to do so have to feature prominently in the political discourse.
		Stung by the campaign, the Left is pointing to the increasing economic disparity in society and distortions in the economy, besides corruption in the government.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1497883.cms (451 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The close-knit Left Democratic Front has been the first off the block.
		Also, the pro-backward Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam has decided to back the Left Front in 12 out of the 20 constituencies despite Antony’s bid to mend fences with the organisation.
		Left leaders had earlier questioned the validity of Muslim League nominee and Gulf-based businessman P.V. Abdul Wahab’s entry into the Rajya Sabha elections.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040415/asp/nation/story_3128272.asp (490 words)

	Gulfnews: Left set for comeback in Kerala
		Kannur, Kerala: The Left was poised to return to power in Kerala after five years in the opposition, exit polls after the third and final round of assembly elections predicted yesterday.
		A.C. Nielsen said the Left Democratic Front (LDF) would end up with 99 seats in the 140-member Assembly, leaving the now ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) with just 40 seats a complete reversal of the 2001 outcome.
		Thiruvananthapuram: Many constituencies in Kannur and Kasaragod, the two districts of Kerala that went to the polls today, are known fortresses of the opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF), but senior LDF leaders said today that this time the victory of the Left front would be out of the ordinary and "historic".
	archive.gulfnews.com /indepth/indiaelection/more_stories/10037546.html (696 words)

	LDF Kerala
		The LDF secured 48.63 percent of the votes polled and the UDF 42.98, the difference being 5.65 percent.
		The front's performance in Alappuzha and Thirunananthapuram was satisfactory.
		CPI(M) leader V S Achuthanandan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala at the head of a 19-member Left Democratic Front Ministry, on Thursday.
	www.ldfkerala.com (133 words)

	rediff.com: T V R Shenoy on the dramatics of Kerala politics
		To begin with the Left Democratic Front, there is an undeclared but very real split in the CPI-M. The CITU, which is the trade union wing of the party, is up in arms.
		I imagine that there shall be partnerships struck at the local level between individual parties in the United Democratic Front with individual partners in the Left Democratic Front.
		Both the Congress and the Left Front are hard put to explain just where they differ on hard issues, or why they should be fighting in Thiruvananthapuram when they are on the same side in Delhi.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/aug/31flip.htm (878 words)

	Election 2004 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The opposition front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is hoping that it will win between 13 to 15 seats of the 20 in the May 10 elections, up from nine in the last poll in 1999.
		Buoyed by what they call an anti-United Democratic Front (UDF) wave in the state, LDF cadres are also excited by CPI-M politburo member VS Achuthanandan announcing that some second line UDF leaders would join their ranks after the elections.
		Said LDF convenor Paloli Mohamed Kutty: "Antony is trying to put the failures of his three-year rule on the CPI-M and the LDF.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/May/22/6996_702663,0016005500030000.htm (527 words)

	Left Democratic Front - rFind.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Left Democratic Front Ã¤r en av de tvÃ¥ politiska allianser som dominerar Keralas politiska liv.
		LDF Ã¤r dessutom namnet pÃ¥ en allians i Maharashtra, vars kÃ¤rna bestÃ¥r av Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India och Peasants and Workers Party of India.
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	www.rfind.net /info/Left_Democratic_Front (352 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 116 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Left Democratic Front (LDF) yesterday formed a human chain protesting Israeli move to expel Palestine President Yasser Arafat from his territory and death threat to him.
		They LDF leaders said people have to be united against activities of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as what they said these two institutions serve the interest of the US.
		Leaders and activists of the Left Democratic Front form a human chain in the city yesterday to protest Israeli threat to expel and kill Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/09/19/d30919100662.htm (229 words)

	To go West, turn Left (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Yet, the People’s Plan programme and the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad, a well-known non-government organisation with established left wing credentials, are now being attacked by a section in the Communist Party as a programme which tried to smuggle in an imperialist agenda into the state of Kerala.
		The Dutch funding sources were ready to continue their support for the project but when the issue became a matter for political football, CDS authorities decided to call it off, thus putting an end to a major initiative in development studies.
		For example, it was the same Left Democratic Front government which allowed Pepsi and Coca Cola to set up factories in Palakkad, a district water-starved because of its paddy fields, drawing huge amounts of water from the sub-surface.
	www.humanscape.org /Humanscape/2005/Feb/togo.php (1044 words)

	INDOlink - India General News - Left Ready To Back Any Secular Non-BJP Front: Jyoti Basu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As per the poll, the Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala is likely to finish with 14 out of a total of 20 seats, a gain of three seats over 1999, whereas others (apparent reference to Left Democratic Front) will get six seats, a loss of three.
		In a re-run of the 1999 election, the ruling Left Front in West Bengal is likely to bag 29 of the total of 42 seats, while the Trinamool Congress-BJP alliance will get ten and Congress just three.
		The NDA is not expected to open its account in Kerala, where it continues to be a race between the Congress and the Left.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=050904010637 (1282 words)

	The Telegraph - North Bengal & Sikkim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Gorkha Democratic Front, CPRM, GNLF(C), Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, Congress (Hills) and the BJP, had announced the formation of an alliance a couple of months ago but had deferred the christening of the front and announcing its election programme for some time.
		The decision of the LDF to leave out the Congress (hills) and the BJP from its ambit seems to have been a major stumbling block in forging Opposition unity in the hills to take on the might of the GNLF.
		Asok Bhatacharya had said that the only alternative to the GNLF in the hills was the Left Front, because of its strong grassroots support in the region.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031201/asp/siliguri/story_2629520.asp (442 words)

	DNA - India - Left riding high in WB and Kerala; DMK in TN - Daily News & Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The LDF in Kerala secured a majority in the 140-member assembly by winning 98 of the 140 Assembly seats, while the ruling Left Front in West Bengal too was in a commanding position under the leadership of Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya, leading in 222 seats of the 293-member assembly.
		The DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu, where the election was marked by "freebies" offered by rival sides, was leading in 164 seats in the 234-member assembly.
		THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) wrested power in Kerala on Thursday winning 98 of the 140 Assembly seats to which elections were held in three phases on April 22 and 29 and May 3.
	www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1028788&CatID=2 (1670 words)

	Kerala Encyclopedia Article @ BareHands.com (Bare Hands) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Left Democratic Front (LDF — led by the
		At present, LDF is the ruling coalition and
		democratic socialist principles; nevertheless, the state is increasingly — along with the rest of India —
	www.barehands.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/Kerala (2230 words)

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