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unusual facts about Justice Party



Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election, 1937

The Governor of Madras, Lord Erskine reported to the then Secretary of State Zetland in February 1937, that the peasants in South India had become fed up with the Justice Party and "every sin of omission or commission of the past fifteen years is put down to them Justice Party".

P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty

T. Kumaraswamy Chetty was an Indian businessman and politician of the Justice Party who served as President of the Madras Corporation from 1930 to 1931.


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Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials

At the following general election, the then-National Justice Party performed poorly in the election, only winning five parliamentary seats.

Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election, 1937

Marguerite Ross Barnett attributes the Justice party's defeat to two causes - 1) The loss of Dalit and Muslim support and

Madras Presidency Legislative Council election, 1930

The Governor of Madras, George Frederick Stanley, nominated 32 non-elected members including officials immediately after the election and invited the Justice Party form the Government.

Madras Presidency Legislative Council election, 1937

The Governor of Madras, Lord Erskine reported to the then Secretary of State Zetland in February 1937, that the peasants in South India had become fed up with the Justice Party and

The other parties contesting the election were the Madras Province Muslim League (MPML) headed by Jamal Mohammad, the People's Party of Madras started by Raja of Pithapuram (a breakaway faction from the Justice Party) and the Muslim Progressive Party led by Nawab C. Abdul Hakim and S. M. Pasha.

Mohamed Azmin Ali

In 1998, after Anwar was convicted of sodomy and corruption, Azmin was one of the founding members of Parti Keadilan Nasional (National Justice Party).

My Friend the Fanatic

However, The Jakarta Post criticized Dhume for pointing out the ideological affinity between the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah and the powerful Islamist political party PKS (Prosperous Justice Party).

P. T. Kumarasamy Chetty

Kumaraswamy Chetty was a nephew of Justice Party founder, P. Theagaraya Chetty.

Sohibul Iman

He succeeded Anis Matta as Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian People's Representative Council when Anis was appointed President of the Prosperous Justice Party by its Syura Assembly.

South Korean presidential election, 1992

On 22 January 1990, two opposition leaders Kim Young-Sam and Kim Jong-Pil led their parties merged into the ruling party Democratic Justice Party, formed as Democratic Liberal Party, led by President Roh Tae-woo.