In January 2003 Ali was elected secretary general of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC).

[1] Ali was appointed as the SLMC's National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament in April 2004.

He resigned from Parliament in April 2008 to contest the Eastern Provincial Council elections.

[2] He was subsequently elected to EPC from Ampara district but resigned in July 2008.

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