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E. Ahamed passes away

February 1, 2017Community Involvement / Social Issues, LeadersE. Ahamed, E.Ahamed-National President-Indian Union Muslim League IUML, E.Ahamed-President-IUML, E.Ahmed-Minister of State for External Affairsmpositiveone@gmail.com

Kannur, KERALA / NEW DELHI :

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) national president and former Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed, who suffered a cardiac arrest in Parliament on Tuesday, passed away at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi.

His death was confirmed at 2.30 a.m. on Wednesday. He was 78. His body will be kept at his official residence for public homage till noon and will be flown to Kozhikode airport at 2 p.m. Thereafter, it will be taken to Haj House at Karipur and then to the League House in Kozhikode. The burial will be held in Kannur on Thursday.

President Pranab Mukherjee took to Twitter to express his grief, saying, “E. Ahamed was a friend and colleague of long years.”

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9:21 AM – 1 Feb 2017 · New Delhi, India

Mr. Ahamed was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1967, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1987. From 1982 to 1987, he served as Cabinet Minister for Industries, Government of Kerala.

From 1971 to 1977, he was the founding chairman of the Kerala State Rural Development Board. From 1979 to 1980, he was the executive chairman of the Kerala State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation. From 1981 to 1983, he was the chairman of the Municipal Council of Kannur.

Mr. Ahamed was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009. During May 2004 – May 2009, he served as the Minister of State for External Affairs. During May 2009 – January 2011, he was the Minister of State for Railways. He assumed charge again as Minister of State of External Affairs on January 24, 2011. Mr. Ahamed assumed the additional charge as Minister of State for Human Resource Development on 12 July, 2011.

During his tenure in Parliament, he was a member of several parliamentary committees, including External Affairs, Railways, Civil Aviation and Tourism, Public Undertakings, Science and Technology, Environment and Forests. He was also the chairman of the Government Assurance Committee.

Mr. Ahamed graduated from Govt. Brennen College in Thalassery and later obtained a Law Degree from the Government Law College in Thiruvanathapuram.

Mr. Ahamed is widely travelled and has represented India in the United Nations six times between 1991 and 2009. In 1984, he was sent to GCC countries as an Emissary of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Born on 29 April, 1938, Mr. Ahamed has performed Hajj seven times – five times as a Member of Government of India Haj Goodwill Delegation. He has also authored 3 books in English and Malayalam.

He was married to Late Mrs. Zuhara Ahamed. Mr. Ahamed has two sons and a daughter.

His hobbies include reading, writing and watching sports.

Ahamed, Basheer likely to contest again

March 10, 2014Community Involvement / Social Issues, LeadersE. Ahamed, K.P.A. Majeed, Shihab Thangal, Syed Shihabmpositiveone@gmail.com

Ahamed says he is fit and would abide by party decision

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) is unlikely to replace its senior-most leader and national president E. Ahamed in the Lok Sabha elections taking place on April 10. Although the high-level secretariat meeting of the party being held at Kozhikode on Monday will finalise the candidates for Malappuram and Ponnani constituencies, the IUML’s top leadership does not favour a change of the existing candidates. E.T. Mohammed Basheer and Mr. Ahamed are likely to contest the elections one more time from Ponnani and Malappuram respectively.

“We will not ask Ahamed Sahib, who is our senior-most leader with a national standing, to step down. It is up to him to decide whether to contest or not, depending on his health,” said IUML State general secretary K.P.A. Majeed. Mr. Ahamed, during a telephonic chat with The Hindu , said that he was in good health. “By the grace of God, I have no health problems now. But as a loyal party man, it is my duty to abide by the decisions of the party. I will obey what the party says,” he said.

Mr. Ahamed indicated that there was no situation where he had to step down.

Sources close to Mr. Ahamed too said that the party national president was fit and prepared enough to try yet another term as an experienced parliamentarian.

Senior IUML leaders, not willing to be quoted, said that it was a time when the party needed the experience and skills of Mr. Ahamed at the national level.

They said that the party could not ignore the fact that it got a ministerial berth twice in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre largely because of the diplomatic skills of Mr. Ahamed.

The IUML is a party in which the decisions of the top leadership are generally accepted by the lower rungs. This is largely because of the awe with which the Sayed Shihab family of Panakkad, which holds the top position in the hierarchy of leadership, is held by the cadres.

When the Shihab Thangal says something, seldom will there be an opposition to it in the party. Without ruffling any feathers, the top leadership of the IUML could overrule the demands of the party cadres many times before.

The demands from certain corners in the party against the candidature of Mr. Ahamed this time are likely to be overruled.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National / by Abdul Latheef Naha / Mallappuram – March 10th, 2014