Adding to the discomfort, videos of Satheesan assuring protesters at Thottappally that mineral sand mining would be halted if the UDF came to power have resurfaced on social media.
IUML sees the upcoming local body elections as its launchpad, seeking mayor and deputy mayor posts in corporations and president posts in town and village panchayats.
IUML noted that it is part of the government headed by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and that, under the present political situation, it is not possible for the party to continue in the DMK alliance.
The Muslim Youth League, in a meeting held in Malappuram on Saturday, passed a strongly worded resolution demanding that the government immediately abandon the programme.
