| Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | |
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| Chairperson | A.N. Rajanbabu[1] |
| Secretary-General | K.R. Gowri Amma[1] |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Kerala State Committee Office,Iron Bridge P.O.,Alleppey-688011, Kerala. |
| Alliance | United Democratic Front |
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Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy (Association for Defence of Democracy) is a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. The party was formed in 1994 when the CPI(M) leader K.R. Gowri Amma was expelled from Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is the widow of the Communist Party of India leader T.V. Thomas.
JSS is a member of the United Democratic Front, the alliance in Kerala led by the Congress (I). JSS won four seats in the 2001 Legislative Assembly election in Kerala (the party had launched candidates in five constituencies). K.R. Gowri Amma, elected from the Aroor constituency, was the Minister for Agriculture in the A.K. Antony state government.
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K.R. Gowri Amma is the general secretary of the party. A.N. Rajanbabu is the party president. N.N. Sadanandan, K.K. Shaju and P.E. Narayanji are the secretaries of the party.[1]