Sulthan Bathery: Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) state president Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal has dismissed reports that his party would join the CPM-led LDF camp in Kerala. 

While inaugurating a district-level camp in Wayanad, Sadiq Ali said there is no reason for the Muslim League to leave UDF and join LDF. He added that the League's goal is to strengthen the UDF. 

His remark came in the wake of an IUML leader attending the Kerala Govt's Nava Kerala Sadas in Kasaragod. Earlier, Muslim League leader P. Abdul Hameed, MLA, made a surprise move to accept an invitation to join the board of directors of the Kerala State Co-operative Bank. The IUML leader's participation and Hameed's nomination comes amidst speculations that the ruling CPM was trying to woo the Congress ally.