‘Vanitha League had not pressured IUML to field a woman’ The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) candidate for the Kozhikode South Assembly constituency Noorbina Rashid has said that she will strive to live up to the expectations the party has placed on her.
Speaking to
The Hindu here on Friday soon after her candidature was announced, Ms. Rashid said that Vanitha League, the women’s wing of IUML, had not exerted any pressure on the party to field a woman. Instead, it was a decision made by party leaders voluntarily. “I am thankful to the party for this opportunity,” she said.
IUML makes a bold decision by fielding a woman in Kozhikode South
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) made a historic move by fielding its women’s wing leader Noorbina Rasheed in Kozhikode South. She will be the second Muslim woman to contest an Assembly election on IUML banner in Kerala.
If elected, she will be the first IUML woman legislator in the State.
The party did not consider a woman for the Assembly for the past 25 years since Vanitha League leader Qamarunnisa Anwar was given a chance in Kozhikode II in 1996. Ms. Anwar was the first woman candidate in the IUML’s electoral history, though she conceded defeat to CPI(M) veteran Elamaram Kareem by 8,766 votes.
IUWL makes strong pitch for women candidates
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IUML has fielded a woman candidate for Assembly polls only once in 1996
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IUML has fielded a woman candidate for Assembly polls only once in 1996
The ‘patriarchy’ label often attached to the functioning of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) by the party’s adversaries as well as a section of its women’s wing will once again be a talking point within and outside the party ahead of the parleys for selection of IUML candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections.
For the State committee of the Indian Union Women League (IUWL), known as Vanitha League in party circles, has decided to formally ask the IUML leadership to give adequate representation to women leaders while choosing candidates.