Kerala Congress (Joseph)

Kerala Congress
Kerala Congress
Abbreviation	KEC
Chairman	P. J. Joseph
Founder	P. J. Joseph
Founded	1979; 45 years ago
Split from	Kerala Congress
Merged into	Kerala Congress (M) (1985-1989), (2010-2019); Kerala Congress (2021-Present);
Headquarters	67, Kumaranasn Nagar, Kadavanthara, P.O. Ernakulam, Kerala.
Student wing	Kerala Students Congress (J)
Youth wing	Kerala Youth Front (J)
Women's wing	Kerala Vanitha Congress (J)
Labour wing	Kerala Trade Union Congress (J)
Colours	White and Red
ECI Status	State Party
Alliance	United Democratic Front (UDF) (1979-1989) , (2010- Present ); Left Democratic Front (1991-2010);
Seats in Lok Sabha	0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly	2 / 140
Election symbol
	Kerala CongressElection Symbol
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Kerala Congress previously known as Kerala Congress (Joseph) is a 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.

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 until 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]

Third Merger (Revival of Kerala Congress) (2021)

On 17 March, P. C. Thomas announced that his party Kerala Congress (Thomas) has merged with the Joseph faction of Kerala Congress to form a new party, with him being its Deputy Chairman.^[3] P.C Thomas party currently haven't any bracket on its name so new party Will Called Kerala Congress.^[4]

Main Leaders

Office Bearer	Position	Current Group
P. J. Joseph	Chairman	Kerala Congress
P. C. Thomas	Deputy Chairman	Kerala Congress
K. Francis George	General Secretary	Kerala Congress

Other Leaders

Monce Joseph
Johnny Nellore
Joy Abraham
Joseph M. Puthussery
Thomas Unniyadan
T.U. Kuruvila
Prince Lukose
Victor T Thomas
Mathew Stephen
Saji Manjakadambil
M. P. Joseph

Other notable leaders

References

^ "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.
^ "States". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
^ "P C Thomas to quit NDA; to merge with P J Joseph". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ "P C Thomas to quit NDA; to merge with P J Joseph". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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[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.

[3] "P C Thomas to quit NDA; to merge with P J Joseph". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[4] "P C Thomas to quit NDA; to merge with P J Joseph". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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