Kerala Congress (M)

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{{Other uses|Kerala Congress (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name = Kerala Congress (M)
|abbreviation = KEC(M)
|logo = [[File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg|200px|border]]
|colorcode = {{Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/color}}
|chairman = [[Jose K. Mani]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2020/11/20/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-gets-two-leaves-symbol.amp.html|title = 'Two Leaves' for Jose faction of KC(M), HC rejects P J Joseph plea challenging EC's order}}</ref>
|ppchairman =
|loksabha_leader = [[Thomas Chazhikadan]]
|rajyasabha_leader =

|founder = [[K. M. Mani]]
|foundation = {{Start date and age|1979}}
|split = [[Kerala Congress]]
|headquarters = State Committee Office, Near Fire Station, [[Kottayam]], [[India]].<ref name="headquarters">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/Symbols_Notification17.09.2010.pdf|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 17.09.2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928122333/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/Symbols_Notification17.09.2010.pdf|archive-date=28 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|eci = State Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124034729/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|archive-date=24 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|alliance = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front (LDF)]]}}(1979-1989) , (2020- present)
*[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)]] (1989-2020)
|loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|543|hex=#CC9900}}
|rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|245|hex=#CC9900}}
|state_seats_name = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats = {{Composition bar|5|140|hex=#CC9900}}
| no_states = {{Composition bar|1|31|hex=#CC6600}}
|ideology = [[Welfare]] of Toiling class<ref>{{cite web|title=KM Mani: The man behind the 'Theory of the Toiling Class'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/apr/10/km-mani-the-man-behind-the-theory-of-the-toiling-class-1962410.amp|date=10 April 2019|access-date=20 March 2021|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br>[[Democratic socialism]]<ref>{{cite web|title=K M Mani honoured at British Parliament Hall|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2012/sep/07/k-m-mani-honoured-at-british-parliament-hall-403616.amp|date=7 September 2012|access-date=20 March 2021|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
|publication = Prathichaya weekly
|youth = Kerala Youth Front (M)
|students = Kerala Students Congress (M)
|women = Kerala Vanitha Congress (M)
|labour = Kerala Trade Union Congress (M)
|wing4_title =Teachers' Wing
|wing4 =Kerala Private College Teacher's Front
|symbol = [[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg|100px]]
|colours = White and Red
| website = {{url|https://www.keralacongressm.co.in}}
}}

'''Kerala Congress (M)''' is a state-level political party in the [[India]]n 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 Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]] since October 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-30|title=UDF expels Kerala Congress faction led by Jose K Mani|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/udf-expels-kerala-congress-faction-led-by-jose-k-mani-855247.html|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-14|title=Kerala Congress (M) Jose K Mani faction joins LDF|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-joins-ldf-135319|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Kerala Congress (M) was formed in 1979 after a split in [[Kerala Congress]] party.<ref name=elections>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/political-parties-in-india/kerala-congress-m.html|title=Kerala Congress (M) (KEC(M))|website=Elections.in|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref> After a series of splits and mergers, Kerala Congress faction of P. J. Joseph merged with Kerala Congress(M). It split again when some leaders including Francis George, Dr. K. C. Joseph, Antony Raju and P. C. Joseph resigned from Kerala Congress (M) and formed the [[Janadhipathya Kerala Congress]] in 2016. Kerala Congress (M) quit the [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF) in 2016<ref>{{cite news|date=3 January 2017|title=Kerala Congress (Mani) ends 35-year alliance with United Democratic Front|website=[[scroll.in]]|url=https://scroll.in/latest/813455/kerala-congress-mani-ends-35-year-alliance-with-united-democratic-front|access-date=11 September 2019}}</ref> citing issues with in the UDF, and rejoined it in June 2018 after reconciliation.

===Split===
A power struggle erupted in the party after the death of Kerala Congress (M) chairman [[K. M. Mani]]. One faction was led by his son [[Jose K. Mani]] and another was led by senior leader [[P. J. Joseph]]. The Election Commission intervened and it ruled in favor of [[Jose K Mani]]. The commission passed a verdict recognizing the faction led by [[Jose K. Mani]] as the Kerala Congress (M). This was challenged by [[P. J. Joseph]] in court and he was granted an interim stay order. The Jose faction approached the [[Supreme Court of India]] and it agreed with the Election Commission's verdict. [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] Convener [[Benny Behanan]] met with Jose K Mani and following the meeting, he announced that the Jose faction was expelled from UDF as a result of a dispute in Kottayam district panchayat.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-19|title=Explained: Why has Kerala Congress (M) decided to switch to the LDF?|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-why-has-udf-veteran-k-m-manis-son-jose-decided-to-switch-to-the-ldf-in-kerala-6724890/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

Later, the faction led by [[P.J Joseph]] merged with [[Kerala Congress]] and Kerala Congress (M) joined [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]].

====Ministers from the Kerala Congress (M) faction====
{| class=wikitable
|+2011
|-
!Minister!!Ministry
|-
|[[K. M. Mani]]||Minister for Finance, State Treasury, Taxes & Duties, Law and Housing (May 2011-November 2015)
|-
|[[P. J. Joseph]]||Minister for Water Resources, Irrigation and Inland Navigation (May 2011-May 2016)
|-
|[[P.C George]] || Chief Whip (2011-2015)
|-
|[[Thomas Unniyadan]]||Chief Whip (June–November 2015)
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+2001
|-
!Minister!!Ministry
|-
|K. M. Mani||Minister for Law & Revenue
|-
|C. F. Thomas||Minister for Rural Development
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+1991
|-
!Minister!!Ministry
|-
|K. M. Mani||Minister for Law & Revenue
|-
|Narayana Kurup||Deputy Speaker
|}

===With [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)]] (2020-Present)===
Kerala Congress (M) joined hands with [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] for the [[2020 Kerala local elections]] held in December and also for the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]. However KEC(M) allegedly allowed a CPI(M) party member to contest as a KEC(M) candidate from [[Piravom (State Assembly constituency)]].
In the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]], KEC(M) contested 12 seats and won 5 of them. However, KEC(M) chairman Jose K. Mani lost from [[Pala (State Assembly constituency)]] to incumbent MLA [[Mani C. Kappan]] of the [[Nationalist Congress Kerala]] for 15,378 votes. The loss of this seat is a considered a major setback for Jose K. Mani, as Pala was the original constituency represented by his late father, [[K. M. Mani]], for 49 years from 1967 to 2016.

====Ministers Of the Kerala Congress (M) faction With [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]====

{| class=wikitable
|+2021
|-
!Minister!!Ministry
|-
|[[Roshy Augustine]] || Minister for Water Resources, Irrigation and Inland Navigation
|-
|[[N. Jayaraj]] ||Chief Whip
|}
On 18 May 2021, the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)]] and KEC (M) declared that [[Kanjirappally (State Assembly constituency)]] MLA [[N. Jayaraj]] is to be the chief whip of the alliance. [[Idukki (State Assembly constituency)]] MLA [[Roshy Augustine]] is set to become a minister.

==Party Organisation==
[[Jose K. Mani]] is the Chairman of the party since 2020.

===Other Notable leaders===
*[[K.M Mani]], founder
*[[K. Narayana Kurup]]
*[[Mammen Mathai]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*G. Gopa Kumar. “Kerala: Verdict against Non-Performance and Congress Factionalism.” Economic and Political Weekly, vol. '''39''', no. 51, 2004, pp. 5498–5501. {{JSTOR|4415940}}.

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