Kerala Congress (Jacob)
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Kerala Congress (Jacob)
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| Leader | Anoop Jacob |
| Chairperson | Johnny Nellore |
| Founder | T. M. Jacob |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Central Committee Office, T.B Road, Kottayam, Kerala |
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Secularism Socialism Democracy |
| ECI Status | Registered Party |
| Alliance | United Democratic Front |
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Kerala Congress (Jacob) is a registered regional political party in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a faction of Kerala Congress founded by the former minister the late T. M. Jacob who has held portfolios like Education, Irrigation, Culture and Civil Supplies in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Since Jacob's death in 2011, the party has been led by Johnny Nellore, a former MLA.
The Kerala Congress (Jacob) faction was born in 1993 when T. M. Jacob and his supporting MLAs – Johnny Nellore, Mathew Stephen and P. M. Mathew – decided to split from the Kerala Congress (M) party led by former Minister K. M. Mani following difference of opinion. P. M. Mathew and Mathew Stephen later returned to their former party, Kerala Congress (M).
Kerala Congress (Jacob) has its strongholds in the eastern part of Ernakulam district, such as Piravom, Muvattupuzha, Kothamangalam, Angamaly and Kuthattukulam, and in certain areas in the Kannur, Alapuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Thrissur and Trivandrum districts.
From its inception on 12 December 1993, Kerala Congress (Jacob) was an alliance member of the Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front (India) (UDF). In 2005, K.C.(Jacob) left the UDF following differences with the new Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, and dissolved into the newly-formed Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) party led by former Chief Minister K. Karunakaran.
DIC(Karunakaran) had been widely expected to forge an alliance with LDF for the 2006 assembly elections but instead it entered into an understanding with UDF. Both T. M. Jacob and Nellore lost in the elections, from Piravom and Muvattupuzha constituencies respectively.
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