Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 -- The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Friday said that while it has the right to the deputy chief minister post in a UDF government, it will not make a demand for it.

"The IUML has had a deputy chief minister in the past and deserves the post. But we are not making a claim for it right now. In the past, we have had CH Mohammed Koya and K Avukader Kutty Naha of IUML become DCMs. Right now, we will not negotiate for the post," said Munavvar Ali Shihab Thangal, secretary of the national committee of IUML.

The statement came a day after voters in Kerala hit the polling booths to elect a new government in the state. The Congress and the IUML, part of the UDF arrangement in the state, have claimed that they ...