The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the United Democratic Front’s second-most significant constituent, is targeting more seats across the State in the forthcoming local body elections.
The party leadership said here on Wednesday that favourable local body results would bolster the UDF’s standing ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
The IUML has already secured seat-sharing agreements with its UDF allies in most of the 1,999 local bodies. Negotiations are still under way in a few local bodies. According to party State general secretary P.M.A. Salam a final agreement is expected within a day or two.
However, a handful of local bodies present issues that have forced the IUML and the Congress to contest separately. The Ponmundam panchayat in Malappuram district is one of them.
“The number of issue-ridden local bodies is far too few; at the State level such local issues have no relevance,” said party State secretary Abdurahman Randathani.
