History of Kerala Congress (Jacob)
From its inception in December 12, 1993 Kerala Congress (jacob) had been an alliance member of the Indian National Congress led UDF. In 2005 KC(Jacob)left UDF following differences with the new Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and dissolved into the then newly formed Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) party led by former Chief Minister K. Karunakaran.
In 2006 assembly elections, DIC(Karunakaran) entered into an election understanding with UDF and contested the polls; though the party was widely expected to forge an alliance with LDF.
However both T.M Jacob and Johnny Nellore of erst-while Kerala Congress Jacob, contesting in the new banner of DIC(Karunakaran), lost the elections from Piravom and Muvattupuzha constituencies respectively.
In 2006 September, following differences with the party President K. Muraleedharan, son of K. Karunakaran, T. M. Jacob and his supporters split from DIC and revived the Kerala Congress (Jacob) party. They were welcomed back by the Congress led UDF after a period of hesitation.
In 2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections, T.M Jacob reclaimed his MLA status from Piravom defeating M.J Jacob of LDF. However party's other candidate Johhny Nellore lost the elections from Angamaly constituency against Jose Thettayil of LDF. T.M Jacob became a minister in the newly elected UDF Ministry led by Oommen Chandy, handling the Food & Civil Supplies portfolio.
Minister T.M Jacob died on October 30, 2011. Following his demise, son Anoop Jacob, State President of Kerala Youth Front (jacob) was nominated by the party and UDF to contest from the Piravom assembly seat, earlier represented by his father. Anoop Jacob won the by-election by a margin of 12070 votes,defeating M.J Jacob of LDF. The results were out on 21 March 2012. UDF has announced that Anoop will be made a Cabinet Minister.
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