Kochi, Nov. 3 -- The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leadership in Kerala on Sunday disowned the recent derogatory remarks made by the party's state general secretary PMA Salam about Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Salam, at a political rally in Vazhakkad on Saturday, hit out at CM Vijayan over the State government's decision to sign the MoU for the PM-Shri scheme. During his speech, Salam compared the chief minister with his counterparts from Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin and West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, both of whom have not implemented the scheme in their respective states. In the same vein, the IUML leader alleged that the Kerala CM did not show courage like Stalin or Banerjee and that he does not fit into the categories of either...