Indian Union Muslim League


Indian Union Muslim League is a Muslim political party primarily based in Kerala. It is recognised as a State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India.
After the Partition of India, the first Council of the Indian segment of the All-India Muslim League was held on 10 March 1948 at the south Indian city of Madras. The party renamed itself as the 'Indian Union Muslim League' and adopted a new constitution on 1 September 1951.
IUML is a major member of the opposition United Democratic Front, the INC-led pre-poll state level alliance in Kerala. Whenever the United Democratic Front rules in Kerala, the party leaders are chosen as important Cabinet Ministers. The party has always had a constant, albeit small, presence in the Indian Parliament. The party is a part of the INDIA in national level. The League first gained a ministry in Indian Government in 2004.
The party currently has five members in Parliament – E. T. Mohammed Basheer, M. P. Abdussamad Samadani and Kani K. Navas in the Lok Sabha and P. V. Abdul Wahab and Adv. Haris Beeran in the Rajya Sabha – and fifteen members in Kerala State Legislative Assembly.
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History

The first Muslim political agency in the region was the Kerala Muslim Majlis formed in 1931. It joined the federal setup of All-India Muslim League later.
After the partition of India in 1947, the All-India Muslim League was virtually disbanded. It was succeeded by the Indian segment of the Muslim League in the new Dominion of India. M. Muhammad Ismail, the then President of the Madras unit of the Muslim League was chosen as the Convener of the Indian segment of the party. The Travancore Muslim League was merged with the Malabar League in November 1956.
Indian Union Muslim League contests General Elections under the Indian Constitution. The party is normally represented by two members in the Indian Lower House. B. Pocker, elected from Malappuram Constituency, was a member of the First Lower House from the Madras Muslim League. The party currently has four members in Parliament.
Apart from Kerala and West Bengal, the League had Legislative Assembly members in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Maharastra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam. In West Bengal, the League had won Assembly seats in the 1970s, and A. K. A. Hassanussaman was a member of the Ajoy Mukherjee cabinet.
Indian Union Muslim League first gained a ministry in Kerala Government as part of the Communist Party of India Marxist-led United Front in 1967. The party switched fronts in 1969 and formed an alliance with the Congress in 1976. It later became a chief constituent in a succession of Indian National Congress-led ministries.

Early years

  • First Council of the Indian segment of the Muslim League was held on 10 March 1948 at the south Indian city of Madras.
  • On 1 September 1951, the 'Indian Union Muslim League' came into being in Madras.
  • B. Pocker Sahib, elected from Malappuram Constituency, was a member of the first Lok Sabha.
  • K. M Seethi Sahib served as the Speaker of the Kerala Assembly from 1960 to 1961.''''

From the 1960s to the 80s

With the Congress Party

In the 1990s

From the 2000s

National President of Indian Union Muslim League

No.NamePortraitTenureHome State
1M. Muhammed Ismail10 March 1948 — 5 April 1972Tamil Nadu
2Bafaqy Thangal1972 — 19 January 1973Kerala
3Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait1973—1994Karnataka
4G. M. Banatwala1994— 25 June 2008Maharashtra
5E. Ahamed25 June 2008 — 1 February 2017Kerala
6K. M. Kader Mohideen27 February 2017 — presentTamil Nadu

Composition

Organizational structure

Kerala Legislative Assembly

''Source: http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electionhistory.html''

Electoral performance

Election YearAllianceSeats contestedSeats wonTotal VotesPercentage of votes± Vote
2021UDF251,723,5938.27% 0.87%
2016UDF231,496,8647.4% 0.52%
2011UDF231,383,6707.92% 0.62%
2006UDF211,135,0987.30% 0.70%
2001UDF231,259,5728.00% 0.81%
1996UDF221,025,5567.19% 0.18%
1991UDF221,044,5827.37% 0.36%
1987UDF23985,0117.73% 1.56%
1982UDF18590,2556.17% 1.01%
1980UDF21684,9107.18% 0.52%
1977UDF16584,6426.66% 0.90%
1970LDF20569,2207.56% 0.81%
1967LDF15424,1596.75% 2.92%
196516242,5293.83% 1.13%
196012401,9254.96%New
1957194.72%

Controversies

The party when in control of the local self-government department, issued a circular which legalised marriage for Muslim women between ages of 16 and 18 and Muslim men below age 21.The circular was later amended after backlash.
The Muslim League has opposed the Supreme Court of India verdict regarding entry of adult women to Sabarimala temple. It is also at odds with several LGBTQ rulings from the Supreme Court. The party also supports the primacy of Muslim Personal Law among Indian Muslims.
IUML opposes implementing gender neutrality and comprehensive sex education in school curriculum saying that it promotes homosexuality, leads to sexual anarchy and is part of an atheist-liberal conspiracy to destroy religious values.
An article by the current president of the Muslim League, on Hagia Sophia, seemed to support the views of political Islam.
Muslim League generally presents itself as a conservative political party in Kerala. In 2021, ten female leaders from the disbanded Haritha state committee lodged a police complaint against the state president of the Muslim Students Federation and the Malappuram district general secretary, accusing them of making sexual remarks.
In July 2023, following the Manipur violence where a woman was paraded naked in public, members of the Muslim League raised anti Hindu slogans in Kanhangad, located in the Kasaragod district of Kerala. The following day, Kerala Police arrested five of those members. Upon criticism over the incident, the State President of IUML Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal responded on 28 July, saying no one has the right to hurt the sentiments and faith of others.