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Kerala Congress is an Indian political party founded in Kottayam, Kerala in October 1964, by a block of former Indian National Congress leaders led by K. M. George.[3][4][5] The party is primarily active in central Kerala.[4][6] Initially its main support came from the Syrian Christians of central Kerala and the Nair community of southern Kerala. [7]
But these parties again split in 1987 by K. M. Mani, after the split 1987 there was a big legal battle for the name and symbol between P. J. Joseph and K. M. Mani. The court ruled in favor of P. J. Joseph. In 1989, R. Balakrishnan Pillai also left Parent Kerala Congress.
P. J. Joseph was minister several times Until 2010 representing Kerala Congress
Merger with Kerala Congress (M) and dissolution (2010–2015)[edit]
In 2016, after a long legal battle P. C. Thomas received approval to use the name as bracket less Kerala Congress party. So Thomas dissolved Kerala Congress (Thomas) and revived the Kerala Congress.
In October 2020, it was reported that P. C. Thomas was leaving NDA and was likely to join the United Democratic Front (UDF).[10] The party however decided to stay in the NDA and extended their support to NDA candidates in the 2020 Kerala local elections.[11]
Kerala Congress (P. J. Joseph Era 2.0) (since 2021)[edit]
On 17 March 2021, the party left the NDA later KEC(Joseph), which is part of the Congress-led UDF merged into bracket-less Kerala Congress.[12][13] which lead to P. J. Joseph becoming the Kerala Congress Party chairman again.
After the merger with Kerala Congress, P. J. Joseph, and Mons Joseph resigned from the MLA post to avoid the technicalities regarding the Anti-Defection[14] Law as they had won the assembly election in 2016 in KEC(M) tickets[15][16]
However, 8 out of 10 candidates of Kerala Congress lost in elections, only P. J. Joseph and Mons Joseph were re-elected to the legislative assembly from Thodupuzha and Kaduthuruthy respectively.[17]
On April 27 a meeting convened online by the party leadership in Thodupuzha and chooses P.J Joseph as party chairman[18] and PC Thomas as working chairman[1]., Mons Joseph has been elected as the executive chairman[19]., Francis George Johnny Nelloor and Thomas Unniyadan as deputy chairman, while Joy Abraham[20] is the secretary-general.[21]
Notable leaders of various factions of Kerala Congress[edit]
