Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) is a registered political party in
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 founded by
P. C. George in 2019. It had an
MLA from the
Poonjar constituency.
History
Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) formed after PC george expelled from his party AKA
Kerala Congress (Secular)
Kerala Congress (Secular) is a registered regional political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was a faction of Kerala Congress led by P. C. George, Eapen Varghese, and T. S. John. The party was split from Kerala Congress (M). It had ...
by his followers.
History Of
Kerala Congress (Secular)
Kerala Congress (Secular) is a registered regional political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was a faction of Kerala Congress led by P. C. George, Eapen Varghese, and T. S. John. The party was split from Kerala Congress (M). It had ...
Kerala Congress (Secular) fraction formed after the split from
Kerala Congress (Joseph)
Kerala Congress (Joseph) or Kerala Congress or Joseph Group is a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It was formed in 1964. Kerala Congress (Joseph) was the brakeless fraction of Kerala Congress Party By election commission (1964-20 ...
On early 2000's . main and leader of the fraction was P.C George however party chairman was
T.S. John. P C George was MLA From poonjar. Kerala Congress (Secular) was part of LDF then . however he expelled from LDF and forced to join UDF . Kerala Congress (Secular) became part of UDF by mergered into
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 ...
on 2010. and Pc George became vice chairman 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 ...
.
P.C George Expelled and he created Kerala Janapaksham and fate of other members
After the Revival of Kerala Congress (Secular) no one in the Kerala politics want to work with
P.C George. So George Was expelled from Kerala Congress (Secular) which ultimately created many factions in the party and they all tried to merge with other parties. and George created Kerala Janapaksham (Secular)
= First Faction
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First group was led by TS John , he announced its decision to rejoin with
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 ...
however, a section of the party led by Kallada Das, PA Alexander, A. A. Abraham decided to retain the party.
= Second Faction
=
Second group of leaders led by PA Alexander and A. A. Abraham, announced its decision to merge with the
Nationalist Congress Party
The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party in ...
(NCP).
= Third Faction
=
Third faction led by Deacon Thomas Kayyathra merged with
Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) group
= Fourth Faction
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Fourth faction led by Kallada Das decided to retain the party and join the
National Democratic Alliance
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) () is a Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing and Conservatism, conservative Indian big tent political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was foun ...
.
Later this faction merged with
Kerala Congress (Thomas).
In 2018, Kerala Congress (Secular) Kalalda Das faction merged with
Kerala Congress.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election - 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
On
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election PC George contested from Poonjar constituency as independent candidate and defeated all 3 fronts.
Later he tried an alliance with BJP Led NDA and UDf however didn't successful on
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election he lost from poonjar constituency.
References
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Former member parties of the National Democratic Alliance
Political parties in Kerala
Political parties established in 2019
2019 establishments in Kerala