IUML to continue stir on Waqf appointments
The Hindu
Protection meet in Kozhikode on Dec. 9
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will take forward a concerted agitation against the government decision to make Waqf Board appointments through Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC).
A leadership meeting of the party held here on Friday decided to spearhead the agitation until the government withdraws its controversial move. “We will be in the forefront of the agitation until the government withdraws its decision to leave Waqf Board appointments to the PSC,” said IUML general secretary P.K. Kunhalikutty and officiating State president Sayed Sadikali Shihab Thangal.
As speculation over the continuation of Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in the Cabinet persisted, with the demand for his resignation raised by the BJP in connection with the ₹94 crore scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, his Cabinet colleagues came to his defence on Thursday.