All factions of Kerala Congress celebrated the birthday of the party on October 4th.As per the latest count,the following are the factions.
1.Led by K.M.Mani-the strongest of the factions.Their ranks swelled with the merger of an equally strong faction led by P.J.Joseph and a splinter group led by P.C.George.
2.Led by R.Balakrishna Pillai,founder General Secretary of the party,heading for a split now .Already minuscule party with the faction led by his own son walking out will practically become a one man party
3.Led by Anoop Jacob,Minister in the present state government,consisting of followers of T.M.Jacob who died a year ago.Present Chairman of the party,Johny Nelloor seems to be dissatisfied and said to be looking for better political opportunities elsewhere.
4.Led by P.C.Thomas,son of late P.T.Chacko,patron saint of all factions.This is the only faction aligned with the left.
5.Yet to be formally declared as a separate entity,options before the group is either to form yet another Kerala Congress or to merge with Congress
It all started in 1964.Leaders of warring two groups in Indian National Congress in Kerala were led by C.K.Govinden Nair and P.T.Chacko.Both leaders had impeccable track record.While CK was a true Gandhian from the freedom struggle days,Chacko too had the credentials of freedom fighter.The groups had no ideological differences,but was more of regional and communal overtones.Chacko had his followers mainly in the Christian-Nair belt of Chathannore to Angamaly.CK was basically a Malabar leader.With Shanker leader of EEzhava Community aligning with him,he had a trans Kerala support base.. Chacko's die hard followers were Syrian Catholics,Orthodox/Jacobite,Marthoma faithfuls of central Travancore.
Chacko group lost factional fights many times over but the followers of the group was fiercely loyal to their leader.Although a few of the faction leaders crossed over,the grassroots following remained more or less intact.Unexpected death of Chacko was a great shock to the followers.Chacko for them was more an emotion than a political philosophy.They rightly felt that without Chacko,they will be orphaned in Congress and become insignificant.Mannathu Padmanabhan,Patriarch of NSS also had reasons to be disillusioned with Congress Party.From the days of Vimochana samaram Chacko and Mannam were bum chums.Not that they had been best of friends ever thereafter,Mannam always had the interests of NSS first and last in his set of priorities.With Chacko not in the arena,Mannam decided to throw his weight with the followers of Chacko.Changanassery and Palai Dioceses of Syrian Catholic Church also backed them.A political party was launched on 4th August 1964 at Thirunakkara Maidan the heart of Kottayam town.
1.Led by K.M.Mani-the strongest of the factions.Their ranks swelled with the merger of an equally strong faction led by P.J.Joseph and a splinter group led by P.C.George.
2.Led by R.Balakrishna Pillai,founder General Secretary of the party,heading for a split now .Already minuscule party with the faction led by his own son walking out will practically become a one man party
3.Led by Anoop Jacob,Minister in the present state government,consisting of followers of T.M.Jacob who died a year ago.Present Chairman of the party,Johny Nelloor seems to be dissatisfied and said to be looking for better political opportunities elsewhere.
4.Led by P.C.Thomas,son of late P.T.Chacko,patron saint of all factions.This is the only faction aligned with the left.
5.Yet to be formally declared as a separate entity,options before the group is either to form yet another Kerala Congress or to merge with Congress
It all started in 1964.Leaders of warring two groups in Indian National Congress in Kerala were led by C.K.Govinden Nair and P.T.Chacko.Both leaders had impeccable track record.While CK was a true Gandhian from the freedom struggle days,Chacko too had the credentials of freedom fighter.The groups had no ideological differences,but was more of regional and communal overtones.Chacko had his followers mainly in the Christian-Nair belt of Chathannore to Angamaly.CK was basically a Malabar leader.With Shanker leader of EEzhava Community aligning with him,he had a trans Kerala support base.. Chacko's die hard followers were Syrian Catholics,Orthodox/Jacobite,Marthoma faithfuls of central Travancore.
Chacko group lost factional fights many times over but the followers of the group was fiercely loyal to their leader.Although a few of the faction leaders crossed over,the grassroots following remained more or less intact.Unexpected death of Chacko was a great shock to the followers.Chacko for them was more an emotion than a political philosophy.They rightly felt that without Chacko,they will be orphaned in Congress and become insignificant.Mannathu Padmanabhan,Patriarch of NSS also had reasons to be disillusioned with Congress Party.From the days of Vimochana samaram Chacko and Mannam were bum chums.Not that they had been best of friends ever thereafter,Mannam always had the interests of NSS first and last in his set of priorities.With Chacko not in the arena,Mannam decided to throw his weight with the followers of Chacko.Changanassery and Palai Dioceses of Syrian Catholic Church also backed them.A political party was launched on 4th August 1964 at Thirunakkara Maidan the heart of Kottayam town.
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