India, Aug. 29 -- As India heads toward the vice-presidential election on September 9 the political debate has taken on a sharp and rather unusual turn turning an otherwise straightforward contest between the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc into a referendum on Constitutional values, counter-insurgency methods, and 'left wing-right wing' divide

At the heart of this debate is Justice B. Sudershan Reddy-the retired Supreme Court judge chosen by the INDIA bloc as its candidate for India's second most important Constitutional post

The NDA claims his direct involvement in the increase of Naxal movement by giving a verdict against Salwa Judum-the state-backed vigilante movement in Chhattisgarh that sought to counter Maoist influence ...