To increase its visibility in the area, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has chosen to run six candidates in the adjacent coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the Karnataka Assembly elections on 10 May. The SDPI had already decided on 16 candidates in the state and the nomination process was already on, party state general secretary Abdul Latheef Puttur told the media. Two more candidates are likely be fielded by the party in the state.
Though the party does not entertain any high hopes of winning in the coastal belt, it wants to register its presence in its strongholds.
