In June 1951, dissident members of the
Indian National Congress (INC; often simply known as the Congress) under the leadership of
J. B. Kripalani, established the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (KMPP). In the
Madras Presidency,
Tanguturi Prakasam—who had also broken away from the Congress to form his own political organisation, the Praja Party—merged his party with the KMPP. Two of the KMPP's prominent leaders,
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh and Tanguturi, had previously served as chief ministers of
West Bengal and Madras, respectively. J. B. Kripalani himself contested from the now-defunct Faizabad District (North West) constituency but was unsuccessful. However, his wife,
Sucheta Kripalani, was elected from the New Delhi constituency. In September 1952, the KMPP merged with the
Socialist Party, resulting in the formation of the
Praja Socialist Party. Despite the national merger, the party's unit in the Andhra region of the Madras Presidency, led by Tanguturi, retained much of its original identity. In 1953, this unit was reorganised as the Praja Party. Later that year, it was integrated into the Andhra unit of the Praja Socialist Party. == See also ==