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Malappuram: Muslim League names Kunhalikutty as candidate

  • Kunhalikutty was the odds-on favourite to claim the Malappuram candidature
  • The UDF state leadership had also backed Kunhalikutty
Malappuram by elections Kunhalikutty Muslim League candidate

The announcement was made by IUML president Panakkad Sayyid Hyderali Shihab Thangal after a top-level meeting at Panakkad on Wednesday.

 

Kunhalikutty was the odds-on favourite to claim the Malappuram candidature ever since sitting MP E Ahamed passed away due to cardiac arrest last month.

 

With Kunhalikutty in the fray, the IUML expressed confidence in retaining the seat that Ahmed had bagged with a record margin.

 

The IUML leadership stated it feels Kunhalikutty, who is the deputy leader of the opposition in the Assembly, is a leader the party can project even at the national level.

 

The UDF state leadership had also backed Kunhalikutty's candidature in Malappuram. 

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