Will G. Sudhakaran throw a spanner in the Left’s electoral prospects?

If the veteran communist leader’s grassroots connect gels with UDF’s electoral machinery, the contest in Ambalappuzha could be turned on its head. By framing his Independent candidature as an effort to uphold ‘communist values,’ he seeks to position himself within an ideological continuum, while tapping into ‘disillusionment among genuine cadres’