section_path: Campaign/Party campaigns/Red Dot United
section_name: Red Dot United
paragraph_text: Red Dot United
  
  Red Dot United (RDU) leader Ravi Philemon criticised the election timeline as "unfair and strategically engineered to favour the ruling party", arguing the lack of "operational reason" for Nomination Day to be set for 23 April, which leads to a campaign period ending on the May Day rally on 1 May. He noted this timing disadvantages opposition parties, as they cannot respond to announcements made during the rally before cooling-off day on 2 May. Despite these concerns, Philemon affirmed RDU's readiness to contest the election. It intended to contest in Jurong East–Bukit Batok, Jurong Central, and Holland–Bukit Timah. On Nomination Day, RDU fielded 15 candidates to challenge in these five constituencies.
  
  RDU tackled bread-and-butter issues, the Malay-Muslim community, and the expenditure of Founders' Memorial on their first rally on 26 April. Members like Fazli Talip and Kala Manickam reiterated the "importance" of electing such candidates. In The Straits Times ' The Usual Podcast episode on 29 April, RDU discussed their election campaign, and how they handled online harassment against their candidate Liyana Dhamirah during campaigning. On another rally on 29 April, RDU focused on foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan 's comment to a post made by former NMP Calvin Cheng on pro-Palestine remarks, and environment minister Grace Fu 's "chicken wing" comment in her rally speech the day before.