Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (Kerala PCC or KPCC)is the Kerala state unit of the Indian National Congress. 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.

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

Structure and composition

Political underrepresentation of Ezhava

Despite constituting around 24% of Kerala’s population, the Ezhava community has been described as under represented in UDF. Within the UDF, representation concerns have also been raised. There is no OBC representation in the top leadership of the Congress in Kerala at present. Of the 14 District Congress Committees (DCCs) in Kerala, only 4 have presidents from the Ezhava community, which is 28.5%. Among the state’s 14 Congress MPs, only 2 belong to the community, while only 1 of the party’s 22 MLAs represents the Ezhavas. Additionally, none of the three newly appointed working presidents of the KPCC are from the community.

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.
• 1930 – Salt Satyagraha, a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organised by K. Kelappan in northern Kerala.
• 1931/32 – Guruvayur Satyagraha, commenced under K. Kelappan.
• 1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore.
• 1938 – Chunangat Kunjikavamma elected as President and E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the future Communist leader, as Secretary.
• 1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress. Agitation against Diwan C. P. Ramaswami Iyer for 'Responsible Government'.
• 1939/40 – Split in Congress. Communist Party of India 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 (KSU).
• 1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the 'Liberation Struggle' against Communist ministry.
• 1964 – Major split in Congress.
• 1971 – Congress joins the Achuta Menon Government.
• 1979/80 – Congress leader K. Karunakaran forms the UDF alliance.

Gandhi's visits to Kerala

1. 1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation)
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)

Source: Government of Kerala Government of India

Kerala Lok Sabha Performance

List of Chief Ministers

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

List of Leaders of Opposition

List of Kerala P. C. C. Presidents

List of elected members

Kerala legislative assembly

Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha

See also

• Indian National Congress
• National Students' Union of India
• Kerala Students Union
• Indian Youth Congress
• Communist Party of India (Marxist) – Kerala
• United Democratic Front (Kerala)
• Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

References

External links

• Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
• Veekshanam