Efforts on to end rift in INL

Kanthapuram donning the role of mediator

A truce is in the offing between the two rival groups in the State unit of the Indian National League (INL) with prominent Sunni faction led by Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar, who is known to be close to the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) leadership, donning the role of a mediator. Mediatory talks held between INL general secretary Kasim Irikkur and A.P. Abdul Hakeem Azhari, general secretary of the Suni Yuvajana Sangham and son of Aboobacker Musliar, in Kozhikode on Saturday have sent a signal that the Sunni faction is pressuring the warring INL State leaders to bridge the rift in the party. Rival leaders Mr. Irikkur and party State president A.P. Abdul Wahab have indicated that a reconciliation is on the cards. The rift in the INL, which is part of the LDF, imploded in public when members of the rival groups clashed at a hotel in Kochi on July 25 after a meeting convened to discuss internal organisational issues.