The Popular Front, the newly formed political group of the National Democratic Front, will support the Congress-led United Democratic Front in all constituencies, except in Thiruvananthapuram where the former UN under secretary general ShashiTharoor is contesting.

With the Popular Front also opposing Shashi Tharoor [Images], the former diplomat will have only Indian Union Muslim League's support.

People's Democratic Party of Abdul Nasser Madani and the Jamaet E Islami has already said that they will vote against Tharoor and the Congress party in Thiruvananthapuram. Muslim oufits are also in a campaigning spree with speaker after speaker coming out against the candidature of Shashi Tharoor, branding him as a representative of the American imperialism.

Shashi Tharoor's campaign managers have been trying their best to subdue this issue, but the CPI-M poll managers were too smart to connect Shashi with the American and Israeli forces.

Shashi wrote a syndicated column in an Israeli magazine supporting the Israel in its fight against Palestine.