The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will henceforth have only one State unit general secretary. This was decided at the party’s two-day State council meeting which concluded at the League House here on Sunday.
The meeting also elected new State office-bearers of the party. According to the new arrangement, senior leader E.T. Mohammed Basheer, MP, has been removed from the post of general secretary. K.P.A. Majeed will be the lone general secretary of the State unit. Panakkad Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal has been retained as State unit president.
P.K.K. Bava is the new treasurer. Party leaders who were selected to the post of vice-presidents included C.T. Ahamed Ali, M.I. Thangal, V.K. Abdul Khader Moulavi, P.H. Abdul Salam, and K.K. Ahamed Kutty. Those elected to the post of State secretaries included M.C. Mayin Haji, P.M.A. Salam, T.P.M. Sahir, P.V. Abdul Wahab, and T.M. Salim.
The meeting has decided to make its parliamentary board a permanent mechanism with a five-member panel, including party’s national and State leaders to control the entire party affairs.
The elected members to the revived parliamentary board included IUML president E. Ahamed, Mr. Hyderali Shihab Thangal, legislature party leader P.K. Kunhalikutty, Mr. Basheer, and Mr. Majeed. IUML leader Syed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal was nominated as a permanent invitee to the board.
In the parliamentary board, which is accountable to the party council, the IUML Legislature Party leader (Mr. Kunhalikutty) is given the charge of overall supervision and the responsibility of mediating with other political parties on various issues. Mr. Basheer would be responsible for handling media affairs and planning the party’s innovative projects for social welfare and charitable activities.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Mr. Basheer said the IUML would strictly enforce the “one man, one post” policy. He said the ad hoc structure of having two general secretaries was amended as per the State council’s decision and there were no personal reasons behind it.
Referring to the party’s stance on restructuring of the existing secretariat and working committee, Mr. Basheer said there would not be any immediate change. The 88-member working committee and 19- member State secretariat would remain the same, he said.
Explaining the “positive approach” of the party towards the ongoing criticisms and allegations, Mr. Basheer made it clear that the IUML would never show a cold face to constructive criticisms. “We have already discussed the present political scenario in detail and we will certainly counter the unjust allegations,” he said.
