[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 was founded in 2011 under leadership of Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas in Delhi.

It was launched on 19 October 2011 at Tagore Hall, Kozhikode.

Several struggles and seminars were organized by the landless people of Kerala.