Kerala Congress (Joseph) bbr. KEC(J)'' was a political party in the Indian state of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

. It was formed in 1964. KEC(J) was the breakaway fraction of

Kerala Congress Kerala Congress is an Indian political party founded in Kottayam, Kerala on 9 October 1964, by a block of former Indian National Congress leaders led by K. M. George. The party is primarily active in central Kerala. Initially its main suppor ...

. The party merged with Kerala Congress (KEC).

History

Kerala Congress (J), also known as Kerala Congress (Joseph) is a faction of the Kerala Congress led by

P. J. Joseph Palathinal Joseph Joseph (born 10 June 1941) is an Indian politician from Kerala Congress serving as the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Thodupuzha Assembly Constituency in Kerala. A former cabinet minister, Joseph entered Kerala polit ...

. After the split in 1979, Kerala news media started calling the original

party as Kerala Congress (Joseph).

Reunited (1985)

In 1985, Kerala congress leaders K. M. Mani (from

Kerala Congress (M) Kerala Congress (Mani) or KEC(M) is a state-level political party in the Indian state of Kerala, currently led by chairman Jose K. Mani. It was formed by K. M. Mani in 1979, after a split from the Kerala Congress. They are part of the LDF sin ...

) and R. Balakrishna Pillai (from

Kerala Congress (B) Kerala Congress (B) bbr. KC(B)is a registered political party in Kerala, formed by R. Balakrishna Pillai, a former minister of the government of Kerala. At present, the party has one MLA in the state Legislative Assembly, namely K. B. Ganesh ...

) merged with

to form a united

Split Again (1987 and 1989)

In 1987 K.M Mani left Kerala Congress and revived his Fraction Known as Kerala Congress (Mani). And in 1989 R. Balakrishna Pillai left Kerala Congress to revive

. P. J. Joseph continued in United Democratic Front (UDF) till 1989. After the issue raised in the

Muvattupuzha Muvattupuzha () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipalityhttps://lsgkerala.gov.in/system/files/2017-10/localbodies.pdf in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located east of the district headquarters in Thrikkakara and a ...

Lok Sabha constituency, Joseph left the alliance and joined LDF. Since 1991, Joseph's party became part of the

Left Democratic Front The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of Left-wing politics, left-wing political parties led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the current List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties, r ...

(LDF) as an alliance.

Merger With Kerala Congress (M) (2010)

In 2010, Joseph Group had merged with Kerala Congress (M). However, a faction led by P.C Thomas did not support this merger. The faction of P.C Thomas formed the

Kerala Congress (Anti-merger group) Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) was a faction of Kerala Congress led by Skaria Thomas in Kerala. Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) was formerly a part of Left Democratic Front (LDF). History In April 2010 the Kerala Congress (M) and Kera ...

and stayed in LDF. 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

to which it had united, and the followers of Thomas to contest under the name

, which ultimately dissolved the original Kerala Congress party (from 2011-2016). In 2016 P.C Thomas revived the Kerala congress party. So, his faction of the Kerala Congress party was called by the media as

Kerala Congress (Thomas) Kerala Congress (Thomas) or Thomas Group was a political party since 2015 to 2016 and a Kerala Congress Fraction Led by P. C. Thomas from 2016 to 2021. After the Permission of using the name as bracket less Kerala Congress in 2016, Thomas d ...

Revival of Kerala Congress (Joseph) or Joseph Group (split) (2019)

After the death of K.M Mani in April 2019, his son and a group of his followers tried to take over party control which caused to form another Group led by another Senior leader P.J Joseph. In 2019 June, the media declared as

and C. F. Thomas revived

Kerala Congress (J) Kerala Congress (Joseph) bbr. KEC(J)'' was a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed in 1964. KEC(J) was the breakaway fraction of Kerala Congress. The party merged with Kerala Congress (KEC). History Kerala Congress (J) ...

by splitting from

. In July, both groups announced a split and claimed the party symbol and name. The faction led by

Jose K. Mani Jose Karingozhackal Mani (born 29 May 1965) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, MP (Rajya Sabha) and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, MP (Lok Sabha) from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani a ...

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.

Re-joining to Kerala Congress (2021)

Since 1979, P.J Joseph was the chairman of the original Kerala Congress party. By 2011,

Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by Constitution of India, the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a Chief Ele ...

froze the Kerala Congress party's name and symbol, which ultimately resulted in the dissolution of the Kerala Congress party. However, in 2016, P.C Thomas revived the previously dissolved Party. After the recent events happened that happened within Kerala Congress (M), PJ Joseph and his followers officially left Kerala Congress (M) in February 2021. On 17 March 2021, P. C. Thomas announced that his party

merged with the Joseph faction of Kerala Congress (M) with him being its Deputy Chairman. and P.J Joseph became party chairman. It also marked P.J Joseph's return to the parent

Party as chairman after 11 years.

Leadership (till 2010)

- Founder and chairman *

Monce Joseph Mons Joseph (born 30 May 1964) is an Indian politician and lawyer. He belongs to Kerala Congress led by P. J. Joseph. He had been the Minister for Public Works from 18 October 2007 till his resignation for his party chairman P. J. Joseph t ...

* K. Francis George * T.U. Kuruvila

References

{{Indian political parties Kerala Congress Parties State political parties in Kerala 1979 establishments in Kerala Political parties established in 1979