Tuesday, March 21 2006 15:06 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Malappuram (Ker) : All the four ministers of the Indian Union Muslim League in the UDF Government E T Muhammad Basheer,V K Ibrahim Kunju, Kutty Ahmed Kutty and M K Muneer have been given ticket for contesting the coming assembly elections in Kerala.

The IUML is the second largest constituent in the Congress-led UDF.

The party general secretary P K Kunhalikutty is back in the fray in Kuttippuram assembly constituency in Malappuram district.

The candidates' list was announced by IUML Parliamentary Board member Syed Umarali Shihab Thangal here today.

While the list announced today covered 20 seats, the party is yet to announce candidates for three more seats.

Five sitting MLAs Ishaq Kurikkal, K N A Khader and Nalapkath Soopy, P K K Bawa and C Moinkutty failed to get re-nomination.

Public Works Minister Muneer had been shifted from Malappuram to Mankada.While Education Minister E T Muhammad Basheer was back in Tirur, Local Administration Minister Kutty Ahmed Kutty and Industries Minister V K Ibrahim Kunju had been re-nominated for Thirurangadi and Mattancherry respectively.