Industries Minister and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader P.K. Kunhalikutty said here on Saturday that “more MLAs would quit the Communist Party of India (Marxist) pained by factionalism in the party.
Inaugurating a district convention of the IUML at Malampuzha, Mr. Kunhalikutty said “the resignation of R. Selvaraj, Neyyattinkara MLA, indicated that the CPI (M) had lost its organisational cohesion and the `iron curtain' of the party was crumbling. It was shocking how the CPI(M) did not know that its MLA and prominent leader was quitting the party. The party leadership seems to have lost their organisational grip,” he said.
The IUML leader said the political trend in the State was favourable for the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF), which would be reflected in the byelection at Piravom on March 17
He said no development projects had been implemented during the five-year rule of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the State. Welfare schemes for the poor were not implemented. .
He said the United Democratic Front (UDF) government had taken steps to implement the Coimbatore-Kochi industrial corridor. Mr. Kunhalikutty promised that “the government would set up Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the Government Medical College in the district.
IUML district president C.A.M.A. Kareem presided over the meeting.
IUML general secretary K.P.A. Majeed, the former Minister Kutty Ahamed Kutty; N. Samsudeen, MLA; P.V. Abdul Wahab, former MP; Kalathil Abdullah, former MLA; M.A. Thangal, State secretary, IUML; among others, spoke.