Is Vijayan a communist? IUML’s jibe at CM

New Delhi: A day after Pinarayi Vijayan questioned the political credentials of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a top leader of the key Congress ally in Kerala on Saturday came down heavily on the Chief Minister asking him whether he was a communist.

Amid escalation in political fight between the CPI(M) and the Muslim League, the Kozhikode city police has registered cases against ten thousand Muslim League workers on charges of violating COVID guidelines while participating in the massive rally organised by the party at the beach here on Thursday to mark their protest against the government’s decision to entrust appointments in the Waqf Board to the state Public Service Commission.

Vijayan on Friday had attacked the IUML over the Waqf Board issue asking it to make clear if it was a political party or a religious organisation. “Is Pinarayi a communist,” senior League leader and MLA M K Muneer asked, reacting to the Chief Minister’s allegations against IUML. He said his party believes that as per the old definitions of Communism, Vijayan is not a Communist.

Most of the followers of the Communist party also believe that Vijayan is not a Communist, the IUML Pinarayi Vijayan leader claimed. —(PTI)