Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee 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.
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 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
- 1920
- 1925
- 1927
- 1934
- 1937
Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political AdaptationSource: