P. C. George

Plathottathil Chacko George (born 28 August 1951) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. George is a seven-time former MLA of the Poonjar constituency in the Kottayam district of Kerala state (1982–87) and (1996-2021). He was in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 33 years. After the legislative election in 2016, he created his own party named as Kerala Janapaksham (Secular). Formerly, he was the member of political parties like KC, KC(J), KC(M) and KC(S). Prior to the 2024 Indian general election, his party Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) merged with the BJP. George served as the Chief Whip of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2015, under KC(M) party of the UDF government. George later became an independent politician. In 2017, he formed the party Kerala Janapaksham (Secular). Prior to the 2019 Indian general election, his party joined the NDA. In 2021, he was lost to Adv. Sebastian Kulathunkal in Poonjar Constituency. He was one of the leaders considered as an NDA candidate for the Pathanamthitta constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.