Will not blindly oppose Cong-Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra: IUML

November 21, 2019 21:13

The Indian Union Muslim League will not "blindly oppose" the Congress' move to form government with Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, said its national general secretary P K Kunhalikutty on Thursday.

Talking to PTI, he said the Congress and the NCP wanted to join hands with the Hindutva party Shiv Sena, "out of political compulsion" just to prevent the BJP from coming back to power in Maharashtra.

"Straightaway opposing the move creates so many problems. We may not blindly oppose the Cong-SS alliance just for opposing it," Kunhalikutty said.

The IUML would wait for the common minimum programme of the three parties to react further, he added.

The IUML is the second largest party in the Congress-led United Democratic Front in Kerala.

The Lok Sabha member from Malappuram (Kerala) further said though the IUML and the Shiv Sena had different ideologies, a special type of situation had been created now forcing the Congress and the NCP to ally with the Sena to unite the opposition against the BJP.

"Because in this stage Cong and NCP have compulsions to join with SS. You have to consider that too", he said.

In a separate interview to PTI, IUML national president K M Kader Mohideen recalled the quote of the party's former leader late Quaide-E-Millath Muhammad Ismail - "you can even align with Satan (bad spirit) if there is a CMP".

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