Mangalore  : The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) organized a special programme to initiate the membership drive of the party at Town Hall on April 22, Friday.
Abdul Latheef Puttur, the state vice president of the SDPI, launched the membership drive.
Delivering the keynote address on the occasion, Anwar Sadath, the senior leader of SDPI, said that the party apart from focusing on the elections, also aims to represent the poor sections of society and gives importance to solve their problems.
He also said that, SDPI aim to be the voice of minorities, dalits, tribals, and poor people of all communities. He regretted that, few Muslim and Dalit leaders in politics hardly bother about their own people.
There is necessary of party such as SDPI in a country like India where around 55 percent of the people do not own their own land or house. Apart from it, child and woman trafficking, child labour, crimes against women, and others are increasing and government do not provide any solutions.
Abdul Jaleel K., the district president of the SDPI, presided over the programme. SDPI leaders Chandrahasa Poojary, Ismaeel Engineer, Lancy Tauro, Mohammed Shareef, Akram Hasan Ullal, Aboobakker Siddique, Abdul Kalam, Shahul Parliya, advocate Majeed Khan, Akbar Ali, and others were present.