Welfare Party of India

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Welfare Party of India

Abbreviation	WPI
Leader	Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas
Founder	Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas
Founded	18 April 2011;14 years ago (2011-04-18)
Headquarters	E-57/1, 2nd Floor, Scholars Apartment, A.F.E - Part 1. Okhla, New Delhi - 110025
Student wing	Fraternity Movement
Labour wing	Federation of Indian Trade Unions
Ideology	Value-based politics Welfare state
ECI Status	Registered party
Website
Official website
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Welfare Party of India is an Indian Political party of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. Its first National President was Mujtaba Farooq, and other key leaders were Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, Ilyas Azmi, Zafarul Islam Khan, Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji and Lalita Naik.^[1] It works across India with state and district level committees.

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History

WPI was founded in 2011 under leadership of Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas in Delhi. ^[2]

Known branches

The Welfare Party of Kerala is the Kerala unit of the Welfare Party of India. It was launched on 19 October 2011 at Tagore Hall, Kozhikode.^[3]

The organization argues for comprehensive land reform. Several struggles and seminars were organized by the landless people of Kerala.^[4]^[5]

It has a students' wing called Fraternity Movement.^[6]

References

↑ The Milli Gazette. "Jamaat-e Islami to launch political party". Milligazette.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
↑ "'Demonetisation has disrupted economy, affected the poor'". The Hindu. 29 November 2016. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 21 January 2020.
↑ TwoCircles.net (19 October 2011). "Welfare Party launched in Kerala – TwoCircles.net" . Retrieved 21 January 2020.
↑ TwoCircles.net (10 October 2012). "Welfare Party workers march to Kerala Secretariat – TwoCircles.net" . Retrieved 21 January 2020.
↑ "Land summit by WPI". The Hindu. 7 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 21 January 2020.
↑ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

External links

Official website

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History

Known branches

See also

References

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