KOCHI: A day after chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan asked Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) to make clear whether it is a political party or a religious organization, IUML leader MK Muneer posed a counter question to the chief minister, asking him whether the decision to leave Waqf board appointments to the PSC was taken in a mosque.
“The decision was taken in the assembly. So, is he saying that as a political organization in the assembly we shouldn’t talk? He can give his orders to someone else, not the League. He made these statements out of fear over the huge turnout at our demonstration the other day,” said Muneer.
He said AKG centre need not issue any royal decrees about the functioning of Muslim League. “Our leaders very well know how to take decisions for the party. He cannot speak in such an arrogant tone to a party which has been democratically elected to the assembly,” said Muneer.
Hitting out at Vijayan’s allegations against IUML, Muneer said Vijayan is not a communist.
“What we must ask Pinarayi Vijayan, who asked whether League is a political outfit or a religious group, is whether he is a communist. As per conventional definitions of communism, we, and even a majority members of the communist party, believe that he is not a communist,” he said.
He said if Vijayan is unsure about the credentials of a political party which was part of the cabinet headed by E M S Namboodiripad, then it has to be inferred that he is experiencing delusions.
Muneer said that many of the things that Vijayan said were contrary to the truth. “He claimed that the decision on Waqf board postings was taken based on the board’s recommendations. It is not true,” said Muneer.
Meanwhile, Kozhikode city police has registered a suo motu case against Muslim League leaders and activists who attended the ‘Waqf protection meet’ at Kozhikode beach on Thursday.
At least 10,000 persons who attended the gathering would become accused in the case. The case was registered by Vellayil police for violation of Covid protocol and for disrupting traffic.
Case against IUML leader: Vellayil police have also registered a case against IUML state secretary Abdurahiman Kallayi under IPC Section that deals with ‘wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot’ over the comments he made during the protest gathering at Kozhikode on Thursday.
While addressing the ‘Waqf protection rally’ Kallayi had made objectionable remarks referring to the marriage between PWD minister PA Mohamed Riyas and Veena T, the chief minister’s daughter.
Without naming Riyas, he had said, “Who is his wife. Is this a marriage? It is prostitution. One should have courage and guts to say it.”
The statement had faced strong condemnation from various quarters. Police have booked Kallayi under Section 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) of the IPC. After his remarks went viral on social media, police had received several complaints seeking to register a case against the leader.
