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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.
Welfare Party of India | |
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| Abbreviation | WPI |
| Leader | Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas |
| Founder | Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas |
| Founded | 18 April 2011 |
| 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 |
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History
editWPI was founded in 2011 under leadership of Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas in Delhi. [3]
Known branches
editThe 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jamaat launches party, Christian priest is vice-president". Indian Express. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ The Milli Gazette. "Jamaat-e Islami to launch political party". Milligazette.com. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "'Demonetisation has disrupted economy, affected the poor'". The Hindu. 29 November 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ TwoCircles.net (19 October 2011). "Welfare Party launched in Kerala – TwoCircles.net". Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ TwoCircles.net (10 October 2012). "Welfare Party workers march to Kerala Secretariat – TwoCircles.net". Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Land summit by WPI". The Hindu. 7 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "A campus politics 'dark horse' creates buzz | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. tnn. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2021.