<h1>Ruling party calls opposition vice-presidential candidate's campaign with convicted regional leader hypocritical, beneath retired judge's dignity</h1> The ruling party condemned the joint opposition's vice-presidential candidate for campaigning with a regional leader convicted in corruption cases, calling the meeting extreme hypocrisy and beneath the dignity expected of a retired judge; it criticized fellow former judges who defended the candidate and reiterated past allegations that his rulings showed sympathy for insurgents. The party also attacked a senior opposition figure for traveling abroad instead of visiting flood-hit states, accused the main opposition party's president of shrugging off a farmer's losses, and blamed opposition-led governments for reversing salary hikes and making misleading electoral promises.