KOZHIKODE: Panakkad Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal was unanimously chosen as the new state president of IUML, continuing the nearly five-decade-old tradition of the patriarch of the Panakkad Kodappanakkal family becoming the state president of the party. The decision was taken at a meeting of the party's high power committee at Panakkad on Monday, a day after the demise of his elder brother Panakkad Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal.
Announcing the decision, IUML national president Khader Moideen said Sadikali Thangal will also be the new chairman of the national political advisory committee of the party. Sadikali is the fourth person from the Kodappanakkal family to lead IUML, with his father PMSA Pookoya Thangal and two elder brothers -Syed Mohammedali Shihab Thangal and Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal- donning the mantle of political and spiritual leadership in the community.
