Template:Infobox political party Indian National League (I. N. L.) is an Indian political party. The party was formed in 1994 at the Ivane Galib Hall in Delhi.
The party founder is Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait. The party operates in various states.[1] In Kerala, the party is currently a member of the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).[1] The party's president is professor Mohammed Sulaiman. Its general secretary is Ahmed Devarkovil (Kerala) and Muzammil Husain Delhi.
Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, then national president of the Indian Union Muslim League, rebelled against the party and formed the Indian National League in the mid-1990s (over the Babri Masjid dispute).[1][2] The move was in protest against the decision of the party to continue with the Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front alliance government in Kerala.[3]
P. T. A. Rahim joined this party in 2019 he represents the Kunnamangalam Constituency for Indian National League in Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Controversy
INL was accused of homophobia after its youth wing put up posters calling homosexuals 'cultural terrorists' and demanding death sentence for gays after Supreme Court of India recriminalized homosexuality in 2013. The posters resurfaced in 2016 after the Orlando nightclub shooting.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Importance of IUML. The Indian Express(2019-04-11). Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ↑ Changing Muslim Politics in Kerala. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs({Template:Date).
- ↑ Muslim League in Kerala. Economic and Political Weekly({Template:Date).
- ↑ Madurai Muslim party wants death sentence for gays, calls them cultural terrorists. The News Minute.
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