Nilambur bypoll: CPI(M) slams UDF over Jamaat-e-Islami backed support
Meanwhile, CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan defended the support extended by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by controversial cleric Abdul Nasar Ma'dani to the Left candidate in the Nilambur bypoll, saying it was a party which has suffered 'several persecutions' in the state.