 He claimed that he had been aligned with national parties for over 27 years, but owing to the failure of these parties to address the issues of Muslims and the subsequent deterioration of the Muslim community's image in the recent past of Sri Lanka, he had decided to join the SLMC.Muslims represent 70% of Moulana's vote base.He contested under the SLMC symbol in the Batticaloa District and was re-elected to Parliament on August 17, 2015 with nearly 40,000 votes, being the only Parliamentarian directly elected under the SLMC.