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It’s official, LDF to field Basheer in Vengara

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IUML’s K.P.A. Majeed not to contest

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has decided to field P.P. Basheer as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate for the Vengara Assembly byelections. However, the selection process in the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), which is to contest for the United Democratic Front (UDF), was not as calm as in the CPI(M), with its State general secretary K.P.A. Majeed deciding to keep off the electoral fray.

The CPI(M)’s decision was announced by party State secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan here. The CPI(M) leadership chose to stick to a party man contrary to expectations that it might experiment with an independent candidate as it had done in Tanur in the 2016 election.

Mr. Basheer had lost to IUML strongman P.K. Kunhalikutty by over 35,000 votes in Vengara in the 2016 polls. The decision to field Mr. Basheer once again was taken after the Malappuram district committee and Secretariat approved his candidature. Mr. Basheer expressed confidence in securing the seat for the LDF.

Mr. Majeed announced his decision to keep off the electoral fray in an interview to a private television channel. He said he had informed IUML president Panakkad Hyderali Shihab Thangal about his decision not to contest.

The decision appears to have been prompted by strong opposition from the younger elements in the party and the Youth League. But Mr. Majeed maintained that he had take the decision since the party was in the midst of its organisational election process.

With Mr. Majeed deciding to pull out of the fray, the IUML leadership will announce its candidate on Monday itself, instead of the earlier deadline of September 20. It is obvious that had Mr. Majeed decided otherwise, the party leadership would have had a tough time in deciding to exclude an old warhorse.

source:  http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Kerala / by Special Correspondent / Thiruvananthapuram  – September 17th, 2017

Ahamed, Basheer likely to contest again

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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