Kerala Congress
Kerala Congress | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | KC |
| Chairman | P. J. Joseph |
| Lok Sabha Leader | K. Francis George |
| Founder |
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| Founded | 9 October 1964 |
| Headquarters | State Committee Office, Near Star Theatre junction, Kottayam, Kerala |
| Student wing | Kerala Students Congress |
| Youth wing | Kerala Youth Front |
| Women's wing | Kerala Vanitha Congress |
| Labour wing | Kerala Trade Union Congress |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | White and red |
| ECI Status | State Party |
| Alliance | |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 1 / 543 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
| Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly | 2 / 140 |
| Election symbol | |
Kerala Congress is an Indian political party founded in Kottayam, Kerala on 9 October 1964, by a block of former Indian National Congress leaders led by K. M. George. The party is primarily active in central Kerala. Initially its main support came from the Syrian Christians and the Nair community of southern Kerala.
The establishment of the Kerala Congress could be traced to the resignation and later death of P. T. Chacko, the Home Minister in the R. Sankar-led Congress ministry (1962–64). Fifteen rebel Congress Members of the Legislative Assembly subsequently supported a successful no confidence motion on the Sankar Ministry. K. M. George, R. Balakrishna Pillai and other leaders backed by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Nair Service Society leader Mannathu Padmanabhan, formed the "Kerala Congress" at Kottayam Thirunakkara Ground on 9th October 1964.