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Indian Union Muslim League
Headquarters52, South Avenue, New Delhi
Student wingMSF
Youth wingMYL
Women's wingMWL
International affiliationKMCC
Seats in Lok Sabha03
Election symbol
File:ECI-ladder.png
Party flag
Website
http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) (Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യൻ യൂണിയൻ മുസ്ലിം ലീഗ്) (Commonly referred as the League) is a state political party in the state of Kerala, India. The chief support base of the party falls inside northern and central Kerala. Note that since the name 'Indian Union Muslim League' is registered at the Electoral Commission by a splinter-group of the party, the party contests elections as the Muslim League Kerala State Committee.

The League is a powerful pro-Muslim community oriented party, which was started as Muslim League prior to Independence, yet decided to remain their allegiance to Indian Union after Independence, when the original Muslim League went to Pakistan. The IUML-Kerala unit is the only Muslim League unit, which declared its allegiance and loyalty to India, hence became a state party, in post-independent India. The party has strongholds mostly in districts like Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kasargod. They form the second largest party within UDF.

A particular faction of Muslims in Kerala is sometimes regarded as the supporters of Indian Union Muslim League.[1] The supreme leader of the faction, Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, is the president of Kerala state unit of Indian Union Muslim League. This unofficial support is cause of the repeating election victories of Indian Union Muslim League candidates from Muslim dense districts.[1]

History

The party is the remnant organization of the All-India Muslim League the created an Islamic state named Pakistan from British India in 1947. The party participated in the ouster of the first Communist Party of India (CPI) government in Kerala in 1959. In 1960 the party took part in the formation of a coalition government in the state, consisting of the Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party and IUML. The government proved short lived. In the elections in Kerala in 1967 the party had entered a united front led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). The other members of the front were CPI, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Karshaka Thozhilali Party (Peasants and Workers Party), Kerala Socialist Party (KSP) and Samyukta Socialist Party. Muslim League had two ministers in the state government of that front. In 1969 the party left the CPI(M)-led government and participated in the formation of a new government, led by Communist Party of India leader Achutha Menon as Chief Minister, together with CPI, RSP, KSP and Kerala Congress.

After the 1970 elections Achyutha Menon became elected Chief Minister for the second time. Members of the governing coalition were Indian National Congress, IUML, RSP and PSP. The Menon government lasted until the downfall of the Indira Gandhi regime in 1977 (no state elections were held in this period). In the chaos that followed the IUML leader C.H. Mohammed Koya held the post of Chief Minister in 1979.

Disintegration ahead of the 1980 elections

When two political fronts, United Democratic Front and Left Democratic Front, crystallized ahead of the 1980 elections two different sections of IUML landed up in opposite camps. A break-away faction, the All India Muslim League joined LDF and the Indian Union Muslim League joined UDF. The two groups reunited in 1985 under the name IUML and as members of UDF.

In 1987 IUML left UDF for a period.

Organizational structure

The party youth wing is called Muslim Youth League and their students wing is called Muslim Students Federation. The Party has a women's political wing too - it is called Muslim Women's League. In Kerala the party has a separate trade union organization, Swatantra Thozhilali Union (S.T.U., Independent Workers Union), and a peasants union, Swathanthra Karshaka Sangam (Independent Peasants Union), Lawyers Forum for Advocates and KMCC for expatriates of IUML supporters.

In Kerala the party has 5 ministers in the recent UDF government. Khader Mohideen is the national general Secretary of the party.[1] Apart from Kerala, the party also has some influence in Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu the party is a member of Democratic Progressive Alliance. In the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 the party won two Parliament seats, E. Ahamed from Kerala and K. M. Kader Mohideen from Tamil Nadu (elected as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Vellore). In Election in 2009, Mr. E. Ahamed( Malappuram) and Mr E.T Muhammad Basheer (Ponnani) won the seats and Mr E Ahamed became the Minister of State for External affairs.

After the death of Panakkad Sayeed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal on August 1, 2009, his brother Panakkad Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal was appointed as the President of the Kerala state committee of the party.[2] Actually the driven force or the master mind behind the political strength of kerala state Muslim league is the general secretary of the party Pandi Kadavath Kunjalikutty.The U.P.State Committee President of I.U.M.L. is Mr.Kausar Hayat Khan.

IUML In Tamilnadu

IUML Tamil Nadu state president prof. K.M.Kader Mohideen Ex.M.P.Also Gen.Secretary of All India. Abdur Rehman is current M.P in the lok sabha (lower house of the parliament.Firebrand speaker A.K.Thashreef Jahan is the newly appointed convener for the women's league in Tamil Nadu.

League In Power

Muslim League seats in Kerala assembly - 14 seats (1982), 15 (1987), 19 (1991), 13 (1996), 16 (2001), 7(2006), 20 (2011) [3]

Following are the Ministers from IUML in Kerala

  1. P K Kunhalikutty (Industries, IT)
  2. Dr M.K Muneer (social welfare, panchayat)
  3. V K Ebrahim Kunju (Public Works)
  4. P K Abdu Rabb (Education)
  5. Manjalamkuzhy Ali(Minority welfare Corporation, Municipality)
Party at the Central govt

E Ahamed- Minister of state for External affairs and Human Resource Development.

Other positions

  1. E.T Muhammed Basheer MP- Member of Central Waqaf board & Member of parliamentary committee for social justice
  2. M. Abdur Rahman (Member of parliament from Tamil Nadu)

Muslim youth league

It is the youth front of Muslim league.It deals with issues related to the youth of India.Youth league is one of the influential part keral youth Kerala State President:Mr. Sadiq Ali

Muslim Student Federation

Kerala State Muslim Students Federation its is the student front of Indian Union Muslim League,it has been working for more than fifty years organising the Muslim Students on the lines of democratic, secular and progressive ideals. MSF has the unique role of moulding the students in the Islamic way of life and imbibing them with the leadership qualities and skills to face the challenges of changing times. MSF upholds the vision of late Qaide Millath Mohammed Ismail Sahib who master-minded the political movement of the minorities of India for their honourable existence. MSF prepares the students to carry on the mission of making a vibrant community to participate in the nation building activities. As far as the Aligarh Muslim University is concerned,the I.U.M.L. has been one of the staunchest supporters of the restoration of its minority character.[citation needed]

Former Member of Parliament

Rajya sabha: 1) B. V. Abdullah Koya: He was one of the most reputed leader in IUML. and he represents as a member of Rajya sabha more than 30 years. 2)P.V Abdul Wahab

Role in Communal Violence

IUML members were found to be involved in communal riots in Marad. The Marad massacre was the killing of eight Hindus by a Muslim mob on 2 May 2003 at the Marad beach of the Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. The Judicial Commission of Inquiry by Justice Thomas P Joseph that probed the incident concluded that Indian Union Muslim League was directly involved in both conspiracy and execution of the massacre.[4]

The commission affirmed "a clear communal conspiracy, with Muslim fundamentalist and terrorist organisations involved". [5] The courts later sentenced 62 Muslims to life imprisonment for committing the massacre in 2009. [6]

The role of Indian Union Muslim Leader P. P. Modieen Koya and Mayin Haji(then Chairman Kozhikode Development Authority) was also highlighted in the report[7] and found them to be aware of the conspiracy before hand.[8]

On 5 August 2012, the State secretary(CPI-M) Pinarayi Vijayan accused Indian Union Muslim League workers (IUML)of causing death to a DYFI activist, at Thachangad during the hartal on 2 August 2012. Though he admitted that it was too premature to comment on the basis of the preliminary report of the post-mortem. [9]

References

  1. ^ a b www.frontline.in
  2. ^ "Hyderali Shihab Thangal, chief of IUML in Kerala". The Hindu. 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  3. ^ . TwoCircles.net. 2011-05-13 http://twitter.com/#!/TCNLive/status/69008392437501952. Retrieved 2011-05-13. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Marad report slams Muslim League Indian Express, Sep 27 2006
  5. ^ 62 get life term for Marad killings Indian Express, Jan 16 2009
  6. ^ The Marad massacre The Hindu, Saturday, May 31, 2003
  7. ^ Probe into Marad riots
  8. ^ Kerala tables Marad massacre report By IANS, Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 12:30 IST
  9. ^ . 6 August 2012 http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article3728540.ece. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |Title= ignored (|title= suggested) (help)

See also


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