Kozhikode, Oct. 3 -- BJP national secretary K Surendran on Saturday alleged that the V D Satheesan Government in Kerala was functioning under the influence of the Indian union Muslim League (IUML) and Jamaat-e-Islami, claiming that the IUML had secured six Cabinet-rank positions.
Addressing a press conference here, Surendran said the appointment of IUML leader and former minister M K Muneer as Chairman of the Kerala Administrative Reforms Commission with Cabinet rank had effectively given the IUML its sixth Cabinet-rank position.
He alleged that the move would affect Kerala's social balance, pointing out that while a major backward community had only two ministerial positions, a particular religious community now had seven Cabinet-rank po...