Dalit League

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Indian Union Dalit League
Leader U. C. Raman, A. P. Unnikrishnan [1] [2]
Founder U. C. Raman
Headquarters Kozhikkode, Kerala, India
Alliance Indian Union Muslim League
UDF

Dalit League is also known as Indian Union Dalit League (IUDL) [3] Indian Political Party and Caste wing of the Indian Union Muslim League [4] in Kerala, India. It was founded by IUML and A. P. Unnikrishnan, U. C. Raman, [5] As of 2012, the IUDL Kerala State President of U.C. Raman, its state secretary M.P. Gopi and state treasurer Balan.

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the Dalit League is active in five districts of the Malabar region. The number of Dalit League representatives in local self-governing bodies of Kerala stands at around 250

Leadership

Kerala

Current office bearers [6]
NameDesignationDistrict
E.P BabuPresident Kozhikkode
Sashidharan ManalayaGeneral Secretary Malappuram
S. KumaranTreasure Palakkad
Soman PothathVice President Kottayam
V.M Suresh BabuVice President Kozhikkode
P. BalanVice President Wayanad
Prakashan MoochikkalVice President Malappuram
Prakashan ParambanVice President Kannur
Sree Devi PrakunnuVice President Malappuram
AfshilaSecretary Kozhikkode
R. ChandranSecretary Wayanad
Kalabhavan RajuSecretary Kasargod
K.A SashiSecretary Eranakulam
Velayudhan ManjeriSecretary Malappuram
Sajid VinodSecretary Palakkad
Pole M PetorSecretary Pathanamthitta

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