Backing UDF the right decision, asserts NSS

KOTTAYAM: The NSS on Saturday refuted the opposition’s charge that its support to the UDF in the Piravom byelection was opportunistic.Talking to reporters after a function organised in connection with the 42nd death anniversary of Mannath Padmanabhan at Changanassery, G Sukumaran Nair, NSS General Secretary, said the organisation believes that it has taken the right stand by moving away from a neutral spot.The Nair community has realised it follies, he said. The community had to take this position for strengthening democracy and for the country’s growth. He reasserted that the state had a strong govt and an equally strong opposition.