Social Democratic Party of India

Manglore: Social Democratic Party of India Karnataka State Committee announces , 474 of it's candidates  are in fray to contest Gram Panchayath election in 244 wards of 118 Gram panchayaths in Karnataka.

Election would be held in this month. Several political parties had been confounded with SDPI contesting in election and were threatening and pressuring on SDPI candidates to withdraw from the fray, he added.

The party, which was formed to preserve the values of Indian constitution and democracy, says that it will protect the interest of Muslims, Daliths and other deprived communities of the society.

The SDPI was established in New Delhi last year and opened its account in a Gram Panchayath election in Rajasthan. The SDPI candidate Mohammad Haneef had been elected as the Sarpanch of the Chann Panchayat in Sawai Madhopur district.

Recently in sulya of Karnataka, Congress party had aligned with Bharathiya Janatha Party to defeat SDPI in APMC election. SDPI had lost this contest for one vote.

Later in Bruhat Bengaluru Maha Nagara Palike (BBMP) election, held on March 2010, SDPI candidate Naznin Begum, who contested from Padarayanpuram ward, bagged 6032 votes and won by 2030 votes. Other SDPI candidates also performed well in this election.

SDPI is away from both the BJP and Congress. However BJP does not desire the progress of Muslims. The party argues that after Independence, from past 60 years Congress has done nothing for Muslims, unless using them as vote banks.

The party said that it would give chances for all deprived categories of society to contest election including Muslims and Daliths.

According to a special report of the Kannada Prabha, leading daily of the state, BJP and Congress party might align in some places in this election, to defeat SDPI.