IUML to contest Lok Sabha polls with ally DMK

CHENNAI: DMK ally Indian Union Muslim League ( IUML) said it would face the next Lok Sabha polls with the Dravidian party.

Talking to reporters here, IUML state president KM Kader Mohideen said that the party was part of the Congress-led UDF in Kerala and an ally of DMK in Tamil Nadu.

"IUML has been in DMK alliance and will continue to be in it," he said.

Later, in a separate press statement, he said the party's state unit would conduct a Jamaath integration conference in Tiruchirappalli on December 28 where a number of issues would be discussed.

One among them would be a call to "boycott fascist forces" during the elections, he said.

Kader also slammed the AIADMK government on various issues, including price rise and the law and order situation.