Muslim League (Opposition)
Muslim League (Opposition), also rebel Muslim League, later renamed as the All India Muslim League, was an Indian political party formed by rebel leaders of Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala. The party was a member of the Communist Party of India Marxist-led Left Front in Kerala. The party was led by the former Indian Union Muslim League leader Ummer Bafakky Thangal. All India Muslim League withdrew from the Left Front and merged with the Indian Union Muslim League in 1985. Formation. The signs of a split within ranks of the Kerala unit of the Indian  Union Muslim League emerged after the death of Abdurrahiman Baffakhy Thangal in January, 1973. The thangal had earlier made C. H. Mohammed Koya resign from the Achutha Menon Ministry and to contest for the Lok Sabha (1973). The main reasons of the rift were, Six rebel Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly refused the whip in May 1975. They were expelled from the party, and subsequently the 'Opposition League' or the 'rebel Muslim League' was formed. Election history. The 'Opposition League' or the 'rebel Muslim League' began to cooperate with the Communist Party of India Marxist in the 1977 election . As Opposition League. The Opposition League contested the 1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. It fielded 16 candidates, generally in constituencies where they faced Indian Union Muslim League candidates. In total the candidates of the party got 390,139 votes (4.45% of the votes in Kerala). Three of its candidates were elected; P. P. V. Moosa from Edakkad, P. M. Aboobaker from Calicut-II and K. P. Raman from Kunnamangalam. Opposition League fielded two candidates in the 1977 general election, which both were defeated by Indian Union Muslim League candidates in straight contests; B. M. Hussain in the Manjeri Constituency (167,034 votes , 38.73%) and M. Moideen Kutty Haji (151,945 votes, 36.05%). The party won a 1979 by-election to the Kasargode Legislative Assembly seat, with B. M. A. Rahiman as the candidate. As All India Muslim League. Opposition League changed its name to the 'All India Muslim League' ahead of the 1980 Kerala assembly election. The election symbol of the party was a boat. The party fielded eleven candidates in the 1980 Legislative Assembly election, out of whom five were elected; P. P. V. Moosa, P. M. Aboobacker and K. P. Raman were re-elected whereas A. V. Abdulurahiman Haji from Meppayur  and M. J. Zakaria from Mattancherry were elected as well. In total the candidates of the party got 335,223 votes (3.51% of the votes in the state). The party became a major partner in the coalition government formed after the election, with E. K. Nayanar as Chief Minister. The party fielded K. Moideen Kutty Haji in the Manjeri Constituencyin the 1980 general election. He finished in second place with 196,820 votes (45.60% of the votes in the constituency). The All India Muslim League fielded twelve candidates in the 1982 Legislative Assembly election, out of whom four were elected. A. V.  Abdulurahiman Haji, P. M. Aboobacker and K. P. Raman were re-elected. N. A. Mammoo Haji was elected from Peringalam. All in all, the candidates of the party obtained 310,626 votes (3.25% of the votes in the state). Merger with Indian Union Muslim League. The alliance between Communist Party of India Marxist and the All India Muslim League was broken in 1985. The party withdrew from the Left Front and merged with the Indian Union Muslim League on 3 August 1985.