Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)

For other uses, see Kerala Congress (disambiguation).

Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) was a faction of Kerala Congress led by Skaria Thomas in Kerala. Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) was formerly a part of Left Democratic Front (LDF).

Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)
Leader	Skariah Thomas
Founder	Skariah Thomas
Founded	2010
Dissolved	2015
Split from	Kerala Congress
Succeeded by	Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) Kerala Congress (Thomas)
Alliance	LDF
Seats in Lok Sabha	0
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0
Election symbol
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History

In April 2010 the Kerala Congress (M) and Kerala Congress (J) led by P. J. Joseph decided to merge. But P. C. Thomas opposed the merger. Both P. J. Joseph and P. C. Thomas claimed the party symbol of a bicycle and the party name of Kerala Congress. Registration of Kerala Congress has been frozen by the Election Commission. The case is under review.^[2] The P. C. Thomas faction is known as the Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) with a chair for its symbol.

2011 State assembly elections

Main article: 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

It participated in 2011 elections as a part of LDF. The Party was assigned three seats to contest but was unable to win.^[3]

The party enjoys a strong presence in southern Kerala and is active in that region.

Sl. No:	District	Constituency	Name
1	Kottayam	Kaduthuruthy	Stephen George
2	Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	V. Surendran Pillai
3	Ernakulam	Kothamangalam	Skaria Thomas

Split in Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)

In 2015, Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) is split into 2 parties

1. Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)
2. Kerala Congress (Thomas)

Leaders in Skaria Thomas faction

• Skariah Thomas
• V. Surendran Pillai
• Thomas Kunnapally
• Jerry Easow Oommen

Leaders in P. C. Thomas faction

• P. C. Thomas
• Rajan Kannattu