Muslim congress may split due to cold war between party leader Hakeem and Chairman Segu Dawood

by D.B.S. JEYARAJ-17 August 2013,

Basheer Segu Dawood MP-pic courtesy of: Rupavahini.lk

Rauff Hakeem MP-pic courtesy of: ALJazeeraTV

This column shifts its focus away from the Tamil National alliance this week and turns the spotlight on the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress instead. The premier political party representing the Muslims of Sri Lanka is once again in the grip of an intra-party crisis with the time bomb of split cum defection ticking away. The name of that bomb threatening to explode is Basheer Segu Dawood!

53 Year old Basheer Segu Dawood is the “Thavisaalar” or Chairman of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress(SLMC).The former school teacher hailing from Eravoor was elected to Parliament in 2010 from the Batticaloa district in Eastern Sri Lanka. Segu Dawood is currently a cabinet minister in charge of Productivity Promotion.Earlier he was the deputy minister of Cooperatives and Internal Trade.

Muslim Congress May Split Due to Cold War Between Party Leader Hakeem and Chairman Segu Dawood by nelvely