Welfare Party of India

Welfare Party of India
Welfare Party of India
Abbreviation	WPI
Leader	Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas
Founder	Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas
Founded	18 April 2011; 13 years ago
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
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Welfare Party of India is an Indian Political party, Welfare Party of India to contest polls, striving for what it deems "value-based politics" in India.^[1] 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.^[2] It works across India with state and district level committees.

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WPI was founded in 2011 under leadership of Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas in Delhi. ^[3]

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.^[4]

The organization argues for comprehensive land reform. Several struggles and seminars were organized by the landless people of Kerala.^[5]^[6]

It has a students' wing called Fraternity Movement.^[7]

[1]
"Jamaat launches party, Christian priest is vice-president". Indian Express. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
[2]
The Milli Gazette. "Jamaat-e Islami to launch political party". Milligazette.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
[3]
"'Demonetisation has disrupted economy, affected the poor'". The Hindu. 29 November 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
[4]
TwoCircles.net (19 October 2011). "Welfare Party launched in Kerala – TwoCircles.net". Retrieved 21 January 2020.
[5]
TwoCircles.net (10 October 2012). "Welfare Party workers march to Kerala Secretariat – TwoCircles.net". Retrieved 21 January 2020.
[6]
"Land summit by WPI". The Hindu. 7 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
[7]
"A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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[1] [1]
"Jamaat launches party, Christian priest is vice-president". Indian Express. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.

[2] [2]
The Milli Gazette. "Jamaat-e Islami to launch political party". Milligazette.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[3] [3]
"'Demonetisation has disrupted economy, affected the poor'". The Hindu. 29 November 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[4] [4]
TwoCircles.net (19 October 2011). "Welfare Party launched in Kerala – TwoCircles.net". Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[5] [5]
TwoCircles.net (10 October 2012). "Welfare Party workers march to Kerala Secretariat – TwoCircles.net". Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[6] [6]
"Land summit by WPI". The Hindu. 7 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[7] [7]
"A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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