Peoples Democratic Party (India)
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is a political party
in Kerala
, India
. The PDP is known more as the party led by Abdul Nasser Madani
, a popular Muslim leader in Kerala
.
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, PDP was in alliance with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF)
in Kerala.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The PDP is known more as the party led by Abdul Nasser Madani
Abdul Nasser Madani
Abdul Nasser Madani also known as Abdul Nasser Maudani or simply Madani or Maudany is a Muslim political leader from Kerala, India; who has spent more than a decade in Indian prisons though he has not been convicted of any crime till date...
, a popular Muslim leader in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
.
Office bearers of the party
The other office bearers of the party are, Swami Varkkala Raj - the Vice Chairman, Poonthura Siraj - Working Chairman, Michael Kutty Mathew - the General Secretary and Ajith Kumar Asad, the State Treasurer.Image:madani.jpg|madani.jpg
2009 Parliament Election
In the 2009 Parliament Election of IndiaIndian general election, 2009
India held general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. With an electorate of 714 million , it was the largest democratic election in the world to date.By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be...
, PDP was in alliance with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF)
Left Democratic Front
Left Democratic Front is a coalition of left winged political parties in the state of Kerala, in India. This is one of the two major political coalitions in Kerala, each of which have been in power alternatively for the last two decades. LDF is the coalition that is presently in oppposition...
in Kerala.