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IUML
becomes third biggest party in Kerala
Satur day, October
30, 2010 04:43:34 PM, IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram: With an excellent performance in
the Kerala local body polls, Congress ally Indian Union Muslim
League (IUML) Saturday edged out the Communist Party of India
(CPI) to become the third biggest party in the state.
"We have proved that we are a truly secular party by winning seats
across the state. The CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) has
time and again been levelling baseless allegations and even
questioning our secular nature," said senior IUML leader P.K.
Kunhalikutty.
"On one hand, they blame us for being communal but in the recent
polls it became quite clear that it was the CPI-M who joined hands
with parties like PDP, SDPI (formerly Popular Front of India) and
Jamaat-i-Islami," he said.
IUML won 1,443 seats in the village panchayats, 190 at the block
level, 32 at the district level, 234 in the municipalities and
five in the four corporations and their tally is all set to
increase as counting in one of their strongholds - Kozhikode
district - is to be taken up Sunday.
The CPI, which was earlier at the third position, has got only 979
seats in the village panchayats.
"Our presence now spans across the state and we are a dominant
force all over. We have hugely improved our position in districts
like Wayanad, Palakkad, Trissur and Ernakulam. The only place we
did not do as expected was here (Thiruvananthapuram)," said
Kunhalikutty.
"This election also proved that the minority community does not
see the CPI-M as their saviour as always claimed by them," said
Kunhalikutty.
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