Kerala Janapaksham

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Kerala Janapaksham ('Kerala People's Party') is a political party in Kerala, India. The party is led by K. Raman Pillai. [1] Pillai is the president of the party. [2] Pillai had previously been a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, but formed Kerala Janapaksham in 2007. [3] Baby Ambatt was appointed as the party's general secretary in May 2010. [4]

The party offered critical support to the Left Democratic Front. [1]

The party had a cultural wing called Bharatiya Janapaksham. [3] The party had also a trade union wing Kerala Thozhilali Paksham with K.Raghunath serving as the President

Return to Bharatiya Janata Party

Kerala Janapaksham party founding president K. Raman Pillai announced that the party would be dissolved and that they would return to Bharatiya Janata Party in March 2016 [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kerala Janapaksham to stage dharna". The Hindu. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2020– via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ↑ "Kerala Janapaksham to take out march on terror menace". news.webindia123.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Request to confer Bharat Ratna on Mata Amritanandamayi". oneindia.com. 16 January 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "New office-bearer for Kerala Janapaksham". The Hindu. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2020– via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Janapaksham to Return to BJP". The New Indian Express. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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