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 |
Website | |
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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.
WPI founded in 2011 under leadership of Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas in Delhi. Party condemned demonetization by the Government of India.[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]