- Rahul Gandhi’s nomination from Wayanad has brought attention upon an old Cong ally, the IUML
- Top BJP leaders have used campaign rhetoric to paint the IUML, known to be a moderate party, communal
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The year is 1962. The Indo-China conflict was at its peak. Muhammad Ismail, the founder of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), received a letter from Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. It was in response to Ismail’s offer to send his son Mian Khan to join the armed forces to fight the war against China. Nehru politely declined and instead suggested in the letter that the crisis was going to be prolonged and that his son could instead ‘find some work connected with the war effort in Madras’.