Kerala Congress is a registered-unrecognized political party in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. It is a faction of Kerala Congress

Kerala Congress

The Kerala Congress is a recognized State political party in Kerala, India. The party was founded by K. M. George in October 1964 after a group of legislators decided to break from the Indian National Congress...

 led by the former minister T. M. Jacob who has held portfolios

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 like Education, Irrigation and Culture in the Kerala Legislative Assembly

Kerala Legislative Assembly

The Kerala Legislative Assembly more popularly known as Niyamasabha , is the law making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community...

.

Formation

Kerala Congress (Jacob) was born when T. M. Jacob with his supporting MLAs - Johnny Nellore

Johnny Nellore

Johny Nelloor is the Chairman of Kerala Congress , a splinter faction of Kerala Congress. He is an advocate in Muvattupuzha Bar Association. He was born in a Syrian Catholic family to Mathai Varkey and Alikutty Varkey. He is a former MLA from Muvattupuzha constituency. He was elected 3 times from...

, Mathew Stephen and P. M. Mathew decided to split from the Kerala Congress

Kerala Congress

The Kerala Congress is a recognized State political party in Kerala, India. The party was founded by K. M. George in October 1964 after a group of legislators decided to break from the Indian National Congress...

 led by former Minister K. M. Mani

K. M. Mani

Karingozhakkal Mani Mani is a veteran Indian politician and the leader of Kerala Congress , one of the factions of the Kerala Congress. He holds the records of having presented the maximum number of eight budgets in the Kerala Legislative Assembly as Finance Minister and also as the...

. P. M. Mathew and Mathew Stephen later returned to his former party. Kerala Congress (Jacob) has its stronghold in the eastern parts of Ernakulam

Ernakulam

Ernakulam refers to the downtown area or the western part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. The city is the most urban part of Kochi and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Ernakulam is called the commercial capital of the state of Kerala and is a main nerve of business in...

 district.

Founder: T M Jacob

Chairman: Johnny Nellore Ex-MLA

Working Chairman: Prof.Oommen Mathew Ex-MLA

Feeder organisations

Kerala Congress (Jacob) has the following feeder organisations:

• Students Wing - Kerala Students Congress (Jacob) or KSC (Jacob)
• Youth Wing : Kerala Youth Front (Jacob) or KYF (Jacob)
• Women's Wing : Kerala Women's Congress (Jacob)or KWC (Jacob)
• Trade Union
  Trade union
  A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
  
   : Kerala Trade Union Congress (Jacob) or KTUC (Jacob)

United Democratic Front

Since its inception Kerala Congress had always been part of the UDF

United Democratic Front (India)

United Democratic Front is an alliance of political parties of Kerala state in India. This alliance is led by the Indian National Congress....

 until it left the front in 2005. The party dissolved into the then newly formed Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)

Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)

Democratic Indira Congress is a defunct political party in Kerala, India. DIC was founded at a meeting in Thrissur by the K. Karunakuran faction of the Indian National Congress on May 1, 2005. Initially it was called National Congress , but the name was changed DIC for registration purposes in...

 party led by former Chief Minister K. Karunakaran.

In 2006 September, following differences with the party President K. Muraleedharan

K. Muraleedharan

K. Muraleedharan is an Indian politician from Kerala. He was elected as member of the Lok Sabha thrice from the Kozhikode constituency, representing the Indian National Congress, subsequently leaving the party in 2005.-Personal life:K. Muraleedharan was born to K...

, T. M. Jacob and his supporters split from DIC

Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)

Democratic Indira Congress is a defunct political party in Kerala, India. DIC was founded at a meeting in Thrissur by the K. Karunakuran faction of the Indian National Congress on May 1, 2005. Initially it was called National Congress , but the name was changed DIC for registration purposes in...

and revived the Kerala Congress (Jacob) party. They have been welcomed back by the Congress led UDF front.