Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party

Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party is broke away from Janata Dal (S). This party is part of United Democratic Front in Kerala.

History
The Kerala unit of the Janata Dal (S) is a part of the CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front. The CPI(M)-JD(S) ties came under strain around 2008. Things worsened when the CPI(M) failed to give the JD(S) a ticket for the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency in the lok sabha election, 2009. A portion of the JD(S) led by M.P. Veerendra Kumar aligned with the United Democratic Front. And launched the party Socialist Janata (Democratic) at August 7, 2010.

Leaders

 * M.P. Veerendra Kumar
 * Varghese George
 * Krishnan Kutty
 * K.P. Mohanan
 * M.K.Premnath
 * M.V. Shreyams Kumar
 * N.C.Moyinkutty