Jose Karingozhackal Mani (born 29 May 1965) is an Indian politician and

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of the Indian states to the one of the two houses of the Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha). Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by the electoral college of the elected ...

and former

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct Elections in I ...

from

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a 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 regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. He is the son of veteran politician

K. M. Mani Karingozhackal Mani Mani (30 January 1933 – 9 April 2019) was an Indian politician and the chairman of Kerala Congress (M), one of the main factions of Kerala Congress, a party born in the Travancore or Central South Kerala region which foc ...

and the Chairman of

Kerala Congress (M) Kerala Congress (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 Left Democratic Front ...

Political career

He unsuccessfully contested in the parliament election in 2004 from

Muvattupuzha constituency Muvattupuzha () is a town in the midlands directly to the east of Kochi in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. It is located about from downtown Kochi, and is a growing urban centre in central Kerala. The town is also the starting poin ...

, losing to P. C. Thomas. In 2007, he was elected as the General Secretary of

Kerala Congress (Mani) Kerala Congress (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 Left Democratic Fron ...

party. He won the 2009 Lok Sabha election from the

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...

constituency, by a margin of more than 70,000 votes over K. Suresh Kurup of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the nati ...

. He was re-elected in 2014 with a winning margin of 120,599 over Mathew T. Thomas of JD(S). Jose was a Member of the Lok Sabha Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture for the 15th Lok Sabha. He is the Chairman of Centre for Reform and Research, a youth empowerment society. He is also the President of Vikasana Sena, a youth association associated with Prateeksha Rotary Centre for Mentally Challenged Children.

As Chairman of Kerala Congress (M)

After the death of

chairman K.M Mani, a power struggle erupted in the party between Jose K. Mani faction and

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 poli ...

faction. The Election Commission intervened and ruled in favor of Jose K Mani. Later, the faction 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 (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly from Thodupuzha (State Assembly constituency), Thodupuzha Ass ...

merged with

Kerala Congress Kerala Congress is an Indian political party founded at Kottayam, Kerala in October, 1964, by a block of former Indian National Congress leaders led by K. M. George. The party is primarily active in central Kerala. The establishment of Kerala ...

and faction led by Jose K Mani elected K.M Mani's son Jose K Mani as the Chairman of

Expulsion from UDF

After the death of KM Mani, as per a previous agreement, UDF asked the Mani faction to give up the post of Kottayam District

Panchayat The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical ment ...

presidency which they dismissed. UDF expelled

from the alliance on June 30, 2020 citing the District Panchayat presidency dispute. Later, Jose K. Mani and his party

, joined the

Left Democratic Front (Kerala) The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the oth ...

in October 2020.

With
Left Democratic Front The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the oth ...
(2020-Present)

Kerala Congress (M) joined hands with the LDF for the 2020 Kerala local elections held in December and also for the

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election The 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held in Kerala on 6 April 2021 to elect 140 members to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 2 May. The election saw the incumbent Left Democratic Front (LDF) reta ...

. It is alleged that KEC(M) allowed a CPI(M) party member to contest as a KEC(M) candidate in the

Piravom (State Assembly constituency) Piravom State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constit ...

. During the

, Jose K. Mani was defeated from Pala constituency for more than 15,000 votes to the UDF candidate

Mani C. Kappan Mani C. Kappan (born 1956) is an Indian politician, film producer, film director and actor. He is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the state of Kerala for the Pala constituency. Mani C. Kappan defeated Jose Tom Pulikkunn ...

Personal life

Jose K. Mani was born in a Syrian Catholic family to

and Kuttiyama on 29 May 1965 in

Pala, Kerala Pala () is a town and a municipality in Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of the Meenachil taluk and the Pala Revenue Division. Pala is situated on the banks of the Meenachil river. It is one of the main gateways to t ...

. Jose did his schooling at St. Thomas Primary School, Pala and Montfort School, Yercaud, where South Indian actor Vikram was his classmate. He attended

Loyola College, Chennai Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits. It is an auto ...

for his undergraduate degree in B.Com and then graduated with a M.B.A from PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. Jose K. Mani is married to Nisha Jose from 1994. They have two daughters and one son: Priyanka, Ritika and K.M. Mani Junior.

References

External links

Official Website
, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Mani, Jose K. India MPs 2009–2014 Malayali politicians Kerala politicians Syro-Malabar Catholics Politicians from Kottayam Living people Lok Sabha members from Kerala India MPs 2014–2019 1965 births Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala Kerala Congress (M) politicians Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram alumni