Indian National League (abbreviated as the I. N. L.) is an Indian political party formed in 1994 under the leadership of the then

Indian Union Muslim League The Indian Union Muslim League (abbreviated as the I. U. M. L. or the League) is an Indian political party primarily based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is recognised as a State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India. The first ...

leader

Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait (1922 – 2005), known as "Mehboob-e-Millat" , was an Indian politician, born in Bangalore in a Cutchi Memon family, who served as an Indian Union Muslim League Member of Parliament from northern Kerala several times. He ...

. The party is currently a member of the Communist Party of India Marxist-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala. Indian National League leader Ahamed Devarkovil,

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from Kozhikode South Constituency, serves as a minister in the Second Pinarayi Vijayan ministry. P. M. A. Salam was the first National League candidate to get elected to the Kerala Assembly (2006). Indian National League was formally inducted into the Left Democratic Front in the late 2010s. The partly currently has two factions (A. P. Abdul Wahab faction and Kasim Irikkur faction).

History

* Indian National League was formed as a reaction to the continued alliance of

with

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post Babri Masjid Demolition. * Opposition raised by several Communist Party of India Marxist leaders, who saw the National League as a communal party, ensured that the National League had to stay outside the Left Democratic Front for over two decades (1994 - 2018). * The Indian National League mostly allied with the Communist Party of India Marxist unofficially in certain seats in the various Kerala Assembly elections between 1994 and 2018. * Indian National League was associated with the United Democratic Front briefly in 2010-11.

Controversies

* It was alleged that Indian National League had 'sold' the post of the member of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) for Rs 40 lakh. * Indian National League is known for its

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position.

References

{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala) Political parties in India Political parties established in 1994 1994 establishments in India Muslim League Muslim League breakaway groups Islam in Kerala