Kerala Congress (Joseph)

Kerala Congress (Joseph) is a state-level political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed in 1979, after a split from the Kerala Congress. Its founder is P. J. Joseph.

Kerala Congress (J)
AbbreviationKC(J)
LeaderP. J. Joseph
FounderP. J. Joseph
Founded1979 (1979)
Split fromKerala Congress
Merged intoKerala Congress (M)(1985-1989),2010-2019)
Student wingKerala Students Congress (J)
Youth wingKerala Youth Front (J)
Women's wingKerala Vanitha Congress (J)
Labour wingKerala Trade Union Congress (J)
ColoursWhite and Red
ECI StatusState Party[1]
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly
5 / 140

History

Kerala Congress (J) Also known as Kerala Congress (Joseph) founded by lead of P.J Joseph on 1979. from the years 1979 to 1989 it was part of UDF

First Merger (1985)

In 1985 Kerala congress leaders K. M. Mani (from Kerala Congress (M)), P. J. Joseph from Kerala Congress (Joseph), R. Balakrishna Pillai (from Kerala Congress (B)) and their parties merged forming the united Kerala Congress

First Split(1987-1989)

This party split in 1987. P. J. Joseph continued in United Democratic Front (UDF) till 1989. Issue raised in Moovattupuzha loksabha seat joseph left the alliance and joined to LDF. Since 1991 Joseph's party became part of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) as an alliance.

Second Merger (2010)

On 2010 this party has merged to Kerala Congress (M)for the second time for the united kerala congress .

  • Symbol (used untill 2010)

After The merger

For the 2011 Kerala Assembly elections, both P. J. Joseph and P. C. Thomas claimed that their respective factions were entitled to the original party, but the election commission froze the claims and directed the followers of Joseph to contest under the name of the Kerala Congress (M) to which it had united, and the followers of Thomas to contest under the name Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group).

Revival of Kerala Congress (Joseph) (second split) (2019)

After the death of its senior leader K.M Mani back in April 2019 his son and a group of his followers tried take over party control which caused to form another Group Lead by another Senior leader P.J Joseph In 2019 June, P. J. Joseph and C. F. Thomas revived Kerala Congress (J) by splitting from Kerala Congress (M) On July Both group announced split and claimed for party symbol and the name the faction led by Jose K. Mani was expelled from the UDF for not vacating the presidency of the Kottayam district panchayat for the faction led by P. J. Joseph. Following this, Jose announced the intention of his faction to join the LDF in October 2020.[2]

Main Leaders

References
  1. "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. "States". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.