Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee Explained

Party Name:	Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
President:	K. Sudhakaran
Headquarters:	"Indira Bhawan", Thiruvananthapuram
Ideology:	Conservatism (Kerala) Secularism Liberal conservatism^[1] Economic liberalism^[2]
Youth:	Youth Congress (Kerala)
Women:	Mahila Congress (Kerala)
Students:	Kerala Students Union (N S U I)
State Seats Name:	Kerala Legislative Assembly
Membership:	3.379 million (June 2017)^[3]
Publication:	Veekshanam
Abbreviation:	K. P. C. C.
Labour:	Indian National Trade Union Congress (I N T U C)
Political Position:	Centre^[4]

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Kerala. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The INC currently leads the UDF alliance, the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.^[5]

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was first convened in 1921 at Ottapalam in northern Kerala (in the presence of the T. Prakasam).^[6]

Structure and composition

S.no	Name	Designation
1.	Deepa Dasmunshi	AICC Incharge
2.	K. Sudhakaran^[7]	President Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
3.	V. D. Satheesan^[8]	CLP Leader Kerala Legislative Assembly
4.	Kodikkunnil Suresh	Working President Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
5.	T. Siddique	Working President Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
6.	Jebi Mather^[9]	President Kerala Pradesh Mahila Congress
7.	Rahul Mamkootathil
8.	Aloshious Xavier	President Kerala Students Union (K S U) (N S U I)
9.	R. Chandrashekaran	President Indian National Trade Union Congress (I N T U C)

Timeline

• 1921 – "Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee" convened at Ottapalam in northern Kerala.
• 1924/25 – Vaikom Satyagraha led by Congress leaders T. K. Madhavan, K. Kelappan and K. P. Kesava Menon.^[10]
• 1930 – Salt Satyagraha, a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organised by K. Kelappan in northern Kerala.^[11]
• 1931/32 – Guruvayur Satyagraha, commenced under K. Kelappan.^[12]
• 1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore.^[13]
• 1938 – Chunangat Kunjikavamma elected as President and E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the future Communist leader, as Secretary.^[14]
• 1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress. Agitation against Diwan C. P. Ramaswami Iyer for 'Responsible Government'.^[15]
• 1939/40 – Split in Congress. Communist Party of India walked away with the entire Kerala unit.^[16]
• 1947 – Following the Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt, the Travancore State Congress enters the agitation against the Diwan.^[17]
• 1957 – Congress loses first assembly election in Kerala
• 1958 – formation of the Kerala Students Union (K S U).^[18]
• 1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the 'Liberation Struggle' against Communist ministry.
• 1964 – major Split in Congress.^[19]
• 1971 – Congress joins the Achuta Menon Government.^[20]
• 1979/80 – Congress leader K. Karunakaran forms the U D F alliance.

Gandhi's visits to Kerala

1. 1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation)^[21]
2. 1925 (during Vaikom Satyagraha)
3. 1927 (campaign against the untouchability)
4. 1934 (fundraising)
5. 1937 (after the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)

Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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

Year	Party leader	Seats won	Change in seats	Outcome
Travancore-Cochin
1952	A. J. John		new
1954			1
Kerala
1957	P. T. Chacko		new
1960	R. Sankar		20
1965			27
1967	K. Karunakaran		27
1970			21
1977			8
1980			21
1982			3
1987			13
1991			22
1996	A. K. Antony		18
2001			26
2006	Oommen Chandy		39
2011			14
2016			16
2021	Ramesh Chennithala		1

Source: Government of Kerala Government of India

List of Chief Ministers

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

S.no	Name	Portrait	Term
1.	R. Sankar		26 September 1962	10 September 1964
2.	K. Karunakaran		25 March 1977	27 April 1977	8 years, 324 days
			28 December 1981	17 March 1982
			24 May 1982	26 March 1987
			24 June 1991	22 March 1995
3.	A. K. Antony		27 April 1977	29 October 1978	5 years, 350 days
			22 March 1995	20 May 1996
			17 May 2001	31 August 2004
4.	Oommen Chandy		31 August 2004	18 May 2006	6 years, 267 days
			18 May 2011	25 May 2016

List of Leaders of Opposition

S.no	Name	Portrait	Term
1.	P. T. Chacko		1957	1959
2.	K. Karunakaran		1967	1969
			1978	1979
			1980	1981
			1987	1991
3.	A. K. Antony		1996	2001
4.			2006	2011
5.	Ramesh Chennithala		2016	2021
6.	V. D. Satheesan		2021	present

List of Kerala P. C. C. Presidents

S.no	President	Portrait	Term
1.	K. Madhavan Nair		1920	1921
2.	K. P. Kesava Menon		1921	1925
3.	P. രാമുണ്ണി മേനോൻ		1925	1930
4.	T. അസ്സൻ കോയ മൊല്ല		1930	1931
5.	പൊന്മടത്ത് മൊയ്‌തീൻ കോയ		1931	1934
6.	കുഞ്ഞിക്കാവ് അമ്മ		1934	1934
7.	M.P. Narayana Menon		1934	1935
8.	A. V. Kuttimalu Amma		1935	1936
9.	Kongattil Raman Menon		1935	1937
10.	Muhammed Abdurahman Sahib		1938	1940
11.	K. T Kunhiraman Nambiar		1940	1942
12.	P. K Moideen Kutty Sahib		1946	1948
13.	K. Kelappan		1946	1949
14.	Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai		1950	1952
15.	A. P Udayabhanu		1954	1956
16.	Kozhipurath Madhava Menon		1944	1946
			1956	1958
17.	K. A. Damodara Menon		1958	1959
18.	R. Sankar		1958	1960
19.	K.P. Madhavan Nair		1963	1964
20.	K.C. Abraham		1965	1966
21.	T.O. Bava		1967	1969
22.	K.K. Viswanathan		1970	1972
23.	A.K. Antony		1972	1977
24.	S. Varadarajan Nair		1977	1978
25.	K. M. Chandy		1978	1982
26.	C. V. Padmarajan		1983	1987
27.	A.K. Antony		1987	1992
28.	Vayalar Ravi		1992	1998
29.	Thennala Balakrishna Pillai		1998	2001
30.	K. Muraleedharan		2001	2004
31.	P. P. Thankachan		2004	2004
32.	Thennala Balakrishna Pillai		2004	2005
33.	Ramesh Chennithala		2005	2014
34.	V.M. Sudheeran		2014	2017
35.	M.M. Hassan		2017	2018
36.	Mullappally Ramachandran		2018	2021
37.	K. Sudhakaran^[22]		2021	present

List of elected members

Kerala legislative assembly

No.	Constituency	Member	Party
Kannur district
1	Irikkur	Sajeev Joseph	INC
2	Peravoor	Sunny Joseph	INC
Wayanad district
3	Sulthan Bathery	I. C. Balakrishnan	INC
4	Kalpetta	T Siddique	INC
Malappuram district
5	Wandoor	A. P. Anil Kumar	INC
Palakkad district
6	Palakkad	Vacant	INC
Thrissur district
7	Chalakudy	T. J. Saneesh Kumar Joseph	INC
Ernakulam district
8	Perumbavoor	Eldhose Kunnappilly	INC
9	Angamaly	Roji M. John	INC
10	Aluva	Anwar Sadath	INC
11	Paravur	V. D. Satheesan	INC
12	Thrippunithura	K. Babu	INC
13	Ernakulam	T. J. Vinod	INC
14	Thrikkakara	Uma Thomas	INC
15	Muvattupuzha	Mathew Kuzhalnadan	INC
Kottayam district
16	Kottayam	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	INC
17	Puthuppally	Chandy Oommen (Elected in by-election in 2023)	INC
Alappuzha district
18	Haripad	Ramesh Chennithala	INC
Kollam district
19	Karunagappally	C. R. Mahesh	INC
20	Kundara	P. C. Vishnunadh	INC
Thiruvananthapuram district
21	Kovalam	M. Vincent	INC

Lok Sabha

Parliamentary Constituency	Member (M. P.)
Kasaragod	Rajmohan Unnithan
Kannur	K. Sudhakaran
Vatakara	Shafi Parambil
Wayanad	Vacant
Kozhikode	M. K. Raghavan
Palakkad	V. K. Sreekandan
Chalakudy	Benny Behanan
Ernakulam	Hibi Eden
Idukki	Dean Kuriakose
Mavelikkara	Kodikunnil Suresh
Pathanamthitta	Anto Antony Punnathaniyil
Attingal	Adoor Prakash
Thiruvananthapuram	Shashi Tharoor

Rajya Sabha

See also

• Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala

External links

• Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
• Veekshanam

Notes and References

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2. News: A virus, social democracy, and dividends for Kerala. Heller. Patrick. 18 April 2020. 2 February 2021. The Hindu.
3. News: Cong membership: 33.79 lakh members for Congress in Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India. The Times of India . 16 June 2017 .
4. Web site: UDF had a chance in Kerala. Then Congress played a dangerous communal game. 24 March 2021 .
5. News: MM Hassan takes charge as the UDF convener. . 14 September 2023.
6. News: 21 April 2017 . K P C C Marks a Milestone Tomorrow . The Hindu .
7. Web site: KPCC president K Sudhakaran endorses Kharge's candidature . 2022-10-06 . The New Indian Express.
8. Web site: Rajiv G.. May 22, 2021 . VD Satheesan: Kerala opposition leader: Congress appoints V D Satheesan as leader of opposition in Kerala assembly Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India . 2022-10-06 . The Times of India . en.
9. Web site: Kerala: Jebi Mather appointed as Mahila Congress state president . 2022-10-06 . English.Mathrubhumi . 6 December 2021 . en.
10. Book: Sarkar, Sumit . Modern India: 1885 - 1947 . Palgrave MacMillan . 1989 . 229.
11. Book: Sarkar, Sumit . Modern India: 1885 - 1947 . Palgrave MacMillan . 1989 . 300.
12. Book: Sarkar, Sumit . Modern India: 1885 - 1947 . Palgrave MacMillan . 1989 . 317–318.
13. Book: Jeffrey, Robin . Congress and the Raj . Heineman London . 1977 . 435–465.
14. Book: Sarkar, Sumit . Modern India: 1885 - 1947 . Palgrave MacMillan . 1989 . 369–370.
15. Book: Sarkar, Sumit . Modern India: 1885 - 1947 . Palgrave MacMillan . 1989 . 369–370.
16. Book: Sarkar, Sumit . Modern India: 1885 - 1947 . Palgrave MacMillan . 1989 . 370.
17. Book: Sarkar, Sumit . Modern India: 1885 - 1947 . Palgrave MacMillan . 1989 . 441–42.
18. Book: Jeffrey, Robin . Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became a Model . Palgrave MacMillan . 1992 . 156.
19. Book: Jeffrey, Robin . Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became a Model . Palgrave MacMillan . 1992 . 174.
20. Book: Jeffrey, Robin . Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became a Model . Palgrave MacMillan . 1992 . 207.
21. News: Menon . Maya . 30 June 2018 . The Five visits Gandhiji Made to Kerala . Malayala Manorama .
22. News: No question of replacing KPCC chief, says V.D. Satheeshan. 24 June 2023. 14 September 2023. The Hindu.