Saptakakshi Munnani

Saptakakshi Munnani (Seven-party alliance) or the United Front was a short-lived alliance of seven political parties in Kerala state, India, which won the 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. It was led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and the other parties in the coalition were Communist Party of India (CPI), Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), Indian Socialist Party (ISP), Kerala Socialist Party (KSP) and Karshaka Thozhilali Party (KTP). The coalition had a comfortable majority of 117 members out of 133 (including 4 Independents). E. M. S. Namboodiripad was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the second time on March 6, 1967. But even before completing 30 months, internal dissensions surfaced and the government fell 32 months after assuming power, on October 24, 1969. Following this, the CPI, RSP, IUML and ISP exited from the coalition and constituted a mini-front.

The new alliance formed government with the external support from Indian National Congress. C. Achutha Menon was sworn in as Chief Minister on 1 November 1969.[1][2] But the split in ISP and group politics within the Congress party led to the fall of Achutha Menon government on 1 August 1970. The state came under President's rule from 4 August 1970 to 3 October 1970.

The 1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election saw the political parties contesting mainly under three alliances: Aikya Munnani or United Front (CPI, Congress, RSP, IUML, PSP), a left front (CPI(M), SSP, ISP, KDP, KSP) and the Democratic Front or Janadhipathya Munnani (Kerala Congress, Indian National Congress (Organisation)). The United Front was the ruling coalition in the state from 1970 to 1979. The 1980 election witnessed further consolidation of political parties under new titles-the Left Democratic Front and the United Democratic Front each of which have been in power alternatively for the last three decades.

References

  1. ↑ Luke Koshi, Saritha S. Balan (June 19, 2017). "Kerala chronicles: When a coalition of 7 political parties came together only to fall apart". The News Minute. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ RKN (March 30, 2016). "1965-75 നിര്‍ണായക വഴിത്തിരിവിന്റെ കാലം". Thejas. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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