It merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014.
[4][5] The Kerala unit of the Janata Dal (Secular) is a part of the CPI (M)-led Left Democratic Front.
Things worsened when the CPI(M) hesitated to give the JD(S) seat of the Kozhikode parliamentary constituency, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election, and the leading newspaper Mathrubhumi published lavalin issues, which is against Pinarayi vijayan.
He got angry with the managing director of Mathrubhumi and the chief of SJ(D) MP Virendra Kumar.
[4][5] In 2018, the Veerendra Kumar fraction of the Janata Dal (United) unit of Kerala under the leadership of M. P. Veerendra Kumar merged with Loktantrik Janata Dal.