Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (abbreviated as Kerala P. C. C. or the K. P. C. C.) is the state unit of the

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. The

currently leads the United Democratic Front alliance, the

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in the

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. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was first convened in 1921 at

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in northern Kerala (in the presence of the A. I. C. C. president

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Structure and composition

* K. P. C. C. President -

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* Assembly Opposition Leader - V. D. Satheesan * Former Chief Minister(s) - A. K. Antony and

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* Former Opposition Leader(s) -

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* K. P. C. C. Working Presidents -

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and T. Siddique

Wings

* Youth Congress (Kerala) President -

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* Kerala Students Union (K S U) ( N S U I) - Aloshious Xavier * Indian National Trade Union Congress (I N T U C) - R. Chandrashekaran * Mahila Congress (Kerala) State President - Jebi Mather

Timeline

* 1921 – "Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee" convened at

in northern Kerala. * 1924/25 –

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led by Congress leaders

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and K. P. Kesava Menon. * 1930 –

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, a part of the

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, organised by

in northern Kerala. * 1931/32 –

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, commenced under

. * 1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore. * 1938 – E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the future

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leader, as the K P C C Seceretary. * 1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress. Agitation against Diwan

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for 'Responsible Government'. * 1939/40 – Split in Congress.

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walked away with the entire Kerala unit. * 1947 – Following the Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt, the Travancore State Congress enters the agitation against the Diwan. * 1957 – Congress loses first assembly election in Kerala * 1958 – formation of the Kerala Students Union (K S U). * 1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the '

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' against

ministry. * 1964 – major Split in Congress. * 1971 – Congress joins the Achuta Menon Government. * 1979/80 – Congress leader

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forms the U D F alliance.

Gandhi's visits to Kerala

# 1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/ Khilafat Agitation) # 1925 (during

) # 1927 (campaign against the

untouchability Untouchability is a form of social institution that legitimises and enforces practices that are discriminatory, humiliating, exclusionary and exploitative against people belonging to certain social groups. Although comparable forms of discrimin ...

) # 1934 (fundraising) # 1937 (after the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)

Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982) Source
Government of Kerala

Chief ministers

Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)

Kerala

R. Sankar R. Sankar (30 April 1909 – 7 November 1972) was an Indian politician who was the third Chief Minister of Kerala from 1962 to 1964. He was also the Deputy Chief Minister of the State from 1960 to 1962. Sankar apart from as a politician is kn ...

(1962–64) *

(1977, 1981–82, 82 - 87 and 91 - 95) * A. K. Antony (1977–78, 95 - 96 and 2001 - 04) *

(2004–06, 2011–16)

Leaders of Opposition

P. T. Chacko Pulloli Thomas Chacko (9 April 1915 – 31 July 1964), was an Indian politician from Kottayam in central Kerala. A member of the Travancore and Travancore-Cochin Assemblies and the Constituent Assembly, Chacko served as the first Leader of Opp ...

(1957–59) *

(1967–69, 78 - 79, 80 - 81, 87 - 91) * A. K. Antony (1996 - 2001) *

(2006–11) *

(2016–21) * V. D. Satheesan (2021–present)

List of Kerala P. C. C. Presidents

List of elected members

Kerala legislature

Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha

References

External links

Kerala Pradesh Congress CommitteeVeekshanam
{{Authority control Indian National Congress of Kerala 1921 establishments in India