KT Jaleel has been into many controversies from the last few days. Now, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leaders in Kerala are practicing caution in their calls for the resignation of Kerala Higher Education Minister KT Jaleel. While party leaders have clarified that the CPI(M) Minister, who is being questioned in connection with the gold smuggling case, must retire, they have been careful to do so without bothering their vote bank in north Kerala. KT Jaleel has been into controversies after the Enforcement Directorate and the NIA questioned him in connection with the gold smuggling case.
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The Higher Education and Minorities Minister in the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government was first questioned by the ED for sharing consignments of the Holy Quran through strategic channels. The agency will look into whether he disrupted the FCRA - Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. On Friday, Malappuram and Ponnani IUML MPs PK Kunhalikutty and ET Mohammad Basheer collectively called for Jaleel’s withdrawal. Addressing the media, PK Kunhalikutty stated that religious leaders have been serving the Quran to India from Mecca and there is no dispute regarding the Quran distribution.
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However, he said that Jaleel should not admit the excuse of the Quran to escape from other allegations against him. Malappuram MP Kunhalikutty said, “It is not one agency but different agencies including the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Customs and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) who have been relentlessly questioning Jaleel. In the past, ministers have tendered their resignation during a controversy of this magnitude. What is the point of clinging on to this post? If the Chief Minister is trying to protect the minister, it will only seem like the CM has vested interest in letting him retain the post.”
