IUML can never compromise with Jamaat ideology, says MK Muneer
It may be recalled that the UDF has struck 'local-level' understanding with the Welfare Party in the ensuing local body elections. IUML state president Panakkad Syed Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal himself has attested the understanding with the Welfare Party.
Malappuram: Making its position clear on political and ideological affiliations over the UDF-Welfare Party election understanding, IUML leader M K Muneer, MLA, said his party can never compromise with the ideology of the Jama’at-e-Islami, the parent organization of the Welfare Party.
Speaking to media, Muneer said he has no hesitation in declaring even in the time of election campaign that there are fundamental differences with the Jama’at. "We have spoken and written against the Jama’at and we or they (the Jama’at) do not denounce what we said,” he said.
It may be recalled that the UDF has struck ‘local-level’ understanding with the Welfare Party in the ensuing local body elections. IUML state president Panakkad Syed Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal himself has attested the understanding with the Welfare Party.
Muneer said the Welfare Party is supporting the UDF in certain places and that it cannot be construed as a political alliance. The CPM, which accepted the support of the Jama’at, is indulging in a campaign completely forgetting the past, he said. "The UDF didn’t do anything that the CPM did in the past. We have a strong approach to the Jama’at,” he said.
Muneer’s remarks came at a time when the IUML-Jama’at relationship developed into a full-fledged alliance at least in some constituencies.
CM Pinarayi Vijayan slams UDF for allying with Jamaat E Islami
Meanwhile, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the UDF and the Muslim League for aligning with Welfare party and its ideological wing, the Jamaat E Islami.
"Both the RSS and the Jamaat E Islami are communal in nature and every one in the religion knows it. However, the Congress and the IUML continues to support them during elections”, said Pinarayi Vijayan.
"The UDF is playing the communal card purely with electoral purposes which the people of the state will identify and disregard. It is common knowledge that Jamaat E Islami is working for the establishment of Islamic law”, said Pinarayi Vijayan while meeting the press.