The Kerala Samyukta Socialist Party was a

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in the

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n 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 ...

. The KSSP was founded in 1968, as the two

Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party (; SSP), was a political party in India from 1964 to 1972. SSP was formed through a split in the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) in 1964. In 1972, SSP was reunited with PSP, forming the Socialist Party. The General Secret ...

ministers in the Kerala state government, P. K. Kunju and

P. R. Kurup Puthanpurayil Ramunni Kurup (30 September 1915 – 17 January 2001) was an Indian socialist leader and former minister of Kerala state. Born as the son of Govindan Nambiar and Kunjunjamma at Puthur near Panoor in present-day Kerala state, he w ...

refused to heed a decision by the national party leadership to resign from their ministerial posts. They broke away from the SSP and formed the KSSP. K. Chandrasekharan was the chairman of KSSP. In May 1969 the majority of KSSP reconstituted itself as the

Indian Socialist Party The Indian Socialist Party was a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. ISP was founded in May 1969, by the majority of the erstwhile Kerala Samyukta Socialist Party (a splinter group of the Samyukta Socialist Party). The two KSSP minister ...

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{{reflist Political parties established in 1968 Political parties in Kerala Socialist parties 1968 establishments in Kerala