Kerala Congress (Joseph) or Kerala Congress or Joseph Group is a political party in the Indian state of

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 ...

. It was formed in 1964. Kerala Congress (Joseph) was the brakeless fraction of

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 ...

Party By election commission (1964-2010) and (2021–Present) After the Split in Kerala Congress on 1979 Media Started to Address as Kerala Congress (Joseph) Or Kerala Congress (J) to avoid confusion between These Parties .

History

Kerala Congress (J) Also known as Kerala Congress (Joseph) is a fraction 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 poli ...

. After the split in 1979, Kerala news media started call bracket less Kerala Congress party as Kerala Congress (Joseph)

Reunited (1985)

In 1985 Kerala congress leaders

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 ...

(from

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 ...

) and

R. Balakrishna Pillai Keezhoote Raman Balakrishna Pillai (8 March 1935 – 3 May 2021) was an Indian politician who served as minister of the state of Kerala in India, holding portfolios such as Transport and Electricity. He was a member of the Kerala Legislative A ...

(from

Kerala Congress (B) Kerala Congress (B) is a registered-unrecognized 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

Left Kerala Congress And Revived Kerala Congress (B) P. J. Joseph continued in United Democratic Front (UDF) till 1989. Issue raised in

Moovattupuzha 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 ...

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seat joseph left the alliance and joined to LDF. Since 1991 Joseph's party became part of the

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 ...

(LDF) as an alliance.

Merger With Kerala Congress (M) (2010)

In 2010 Joseph Group has merged with Kerala Congress (M). However, a fraction led by P.C Thomas did not support this merger, Fraction of P.C Thomas Formed

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

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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 bracket less Kerala Congress party (from 2011-2016) In 2016 P.C Thomas revived the Kerala congress party.so his fraction of bracketless Kerala Congress party called by the media as Kerala Congress (Thomas)

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

After the death of K.M Mani back in April 2019 his son and a group of his followers tried to take over party control which caused to form another Group Lead by another Senior leader

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 ...

In 2019 June, the media declared as

and C. F. Thomas revived Kerala Congress (J) by splitting from

In July Both groups announced a split and claimed for party symbol and the 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 and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani and the Chairman of Kerala Congress ...

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 bracketless Kerala Congress party. By 2011

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froze Kerala congress Party name and symbol ultimately resulted as Kerala Congress Party dissolved. However, in 2016 P.C Thomas was revived Kerala Congress Party. so after the recent events happened Kerala Congress (M), in 2021 February PJ Joseph and his followers officially left Kerala Congress (M). on 17 March 2021, P. C. Thomas announced that his party

has merged with the Joseph faction of Kerala Congress (m) with him being its Deputy Chairman. and P.J Joseph became party chairman. It Was Also Marked as 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 to ...

* K. Francis George * T.U. Kuruvila

References

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