IUML rejects Adoor Prakash’s accusation that Keralam govt kept UDF out of loop on key decision-making
IUML leader Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal has dismissed claims that the Keralam government is excluding the UDF from key decision-making processes. He emphasized that the alliance remains united and focused on challenging the BJP's influence.
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This highlights internal coalition dynamics within the UDF and their strategic opposition to the BJP in the context of Indian regional politics.
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal on Friday appeared to rebut United Democratic Front (UDF) convener Adoor Prakash’s accusation that the Keralam government had shunted the UDF out of key decision-making, including on critical political appointments to top posts.
Speaking to reporters in Kozhikode after arriving from an INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi, Mr Thangal said the UDF meeting on July 31 had decided to settle questions concerning political appointments. He said regular bilateral talks between alliance partners informed the government’s decisions.
“The UDF can settle any difference of opinion through consensus and without any rancour”, he said.
Industries Minister and IUML national general secretary P K Kunhalikutty said there was no “Himalayan problem” in the UDF, as some quarters claimed.
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