A day after United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Aryadan Shoukath won the Nilambur bypoll in Kerala with a decisive margin, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader M.K. Muneer, MLA, has said the coalition never sought any help from the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and its political outfit, Welfare Party of India (WPI), for the election.
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) had unleashed a fierce campaign against the WPI’s support to the UDF candidate.
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Mr. Muneer told the media here on Tuesday (June 24, 2025) that the IUML, a key constituent of the UDF, and the Jamaat “would not get along well with each other because of their ideological differences.”
He claimed that the WPI was never part of the UDF. “We have never sought their votes. The UDF leaders never shared any stage with WPI leaders either,” he said.
