The All India States Peoples Conference ( AISPC ) was a conglomeration of political movements in the princely states of the British Raj , which were variously called Praja Mandals or Lok Parishads . The first session of the organisation was held in Bombay in December 1927. The Conference looked to the Indian National Congress for support, but Congress was reluctant to provide it until 1939, when Jawaharlal Nehru became its president, serving in this position till 1946. After the Indian Independence, however, the Congress distanced itself from the movement, allying itself with the princely rulers via its national government's accession relationships.
29-587: The States Peoples' Conference dissolved itself on 25 April 1948 and all its constituent units merged into the Congress, with one exception, viz., the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference . This body, under the leadership of Sheikh Abdullah remained independent, while one section of it merged with the Congress in 1965. The Conference brought together representatives from hundreds of Indian princely states, including Baroda , Bhopal , Travancore and Hyderabad . It
58-531: A deal with the central government. In 1977, the National Conference he led won the state assembly elections, and Sheikh Abdullah became chief minister. His son Farooq Abdullah succeeded him as the chief minister on his death on 8 September 1982. In June 1983 elections, the JKNC, led by Farooq Abdullah, again won a comfortable majority. In July 1984, Farooq's brother-in-law Ghulam Mohammad Shah split
87-465: A move that has faced significant opposition from local political parties like the JKNC. The National Conference's current leadership, including Omar Abdullah , has reiterated their determination to pursue statehood and autonomy through legal and political channels. 2024 Jammu and Kashmir elections The 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections were scheduled to be held in three phases: September 18, September 25, and October 1, 2024. This
116-726: A part of the All Parties Conference , the All India States Peoples' Conference met in Lucknow with other Indian political organisations to draft the Nehru Report , which was an early version of the Constitution of India . The body had no popular representation until the 1930s, when it opened up its ranks to membership from across the political spectrum. Jawaharlal Nehru , who would become
145-737: A section of the leadership to break away and re-establish the Muslim Conference , with links to the All-India Muslim League . The National Conference was affiliated to the All India States Peoples Conference . Sheikh Abdullah was elected its president in 1947. In 1946, the National Conference launched an intensive agitation against the state government. It was directed against the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir , Hari Singh . The slogan of
174-556: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jammu %26 Kashmir National Conference The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference ( JKNC ) is a regional political party in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir union territory and Ladakh . Founded as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in 1932 in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir ,
203-489: The 2014 general election , the NC contested the election in an alliance with Indian National Congress but did not win a single seat. Out of six seats in the state, PDP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won three each. During the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election , INC broke its alliance with JKNC. JKNC contested all the assembly seats but won only 15 seats, a decrease of 13 seats. PDP won 28 seats and became
232-637: The All India National Congress , Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas withdrew from the National Conference. Consequently, the Muslim Conference was revived under the leadership of Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas and Agha Shaukat Ali . The Muslim Conference demanded Kashmir affiliation to Pakistan on 19 July 1947. Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas campaigned for the affiliation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan. He arrived in Pakistan after
261-617: The Kashmir Valley in 2009. During this period, the JKNC has experienced increasing controversies over the Accession of Kashmir to India. Protests against the government in 2010 when approximately 100 protesters (one as young as 11) were killed as the result of live ammunition being fired by state paramilitary forces. A torture scandal was exposed by the WikiLeaks , revelations which were subsequently aired on Channel 4 . In
290-535: The Muslim Conference party. After his migration to Pakistan administered Kashmir in 1947, he became the head of the Azad Kashmir (AJK) government. Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was born into a middle-class Rajput family to Chaudhry Nawab Khan on 4 February 1904 in Jammu . Belonging to the Ranghar sub-group, his ancestors moved from Jalandhar , Punjab during the middle of the 19th century. He graduated from
319-795: The Prince of Wales College, Jammu . He received his law degree from the Lahore Law College and started his career as a lawyer in Jammu. He was offered a position of Sub-Judge but he refused to serve the Dogra Raj in Kashmir. He reorganized the socio-political organization Young Men’s Muslim Association, which was established earlier in 1909 and was the only platform that Muslims were using to raise their political voice in Jammu and Kashmir. This organization held some massive demonstrations against
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#1732775980833348-759: The Dogra rule. As a result, the Association became very popular among the Muslim public. To protect the rights of the Muslims of the Valley of Kashmir , another organization, All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference was established. Its president was Sheikh Abdullah while Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was elected as its secretary general. Later the organization was renamed as Jammu and Kashmir National Conference . But when Sheikh Abdullah developed his association with Nehru and
377-623: The National Conference merged with the Indian National Congress (INC) and became the Jammu and Kashmir branch of the Indian National Congress. Sheikh Abdullah was again arrested in 1965 until 1968 for conspiracy against the state. Sheikh Abdullah's splinter Plebiscite Front faction later appropriated the name of the original party when Abdullah was allowed to return to power in February 1975 after striking
406-593: The agitation was " Quit Kashmir ". In the elections held in September 1951, National Conference won all 75 seats of the Constituent assembly of Jammu and Kashmir . Sheikh Abdullah remained prime minister until his dismissal in August 1953 on the grounds of conspiracy against the state of India. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad became prime minister of the state, and Sheikh Abdullah was arrested on 9 August 1953. In 1965,
435-451: The elections, on 30 December 2008 the JKNC formed an alliance with the INC which had won 17 seats. Omar Abdullah became the chief minister of this coalition government on 5 January 2009. JKNC and INC contested 2009 general election in alliance. INC won all the two seats of Jammu region but lost Ladakh seat to NC rebel who contested as an independent candidate. NC won all the three seats of
464-575: The first Prime Minister of India in 1947, was invited to become the President of the All-India body in 1935, became the President in 1939 and remained so until 1946. The body would play an important role during the political integration of India, helping Indian leaders Vallabhbhai Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru negotiate with hundreds of princes over the formation of a united, independent India after 1947. This Indian history-related article
493-399: The largest party in the assembly followed by BJP winning 25 seats. Omar Abdullah resigned as a chief minister on 24 December 2014. After the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, which revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) has been advocating for its restoration. In their 2024 election manifesto, the party pledged to fight for
522-607: The movement for Azad Kashmir . Since 1947, the National Conference was in power in Jammu and Kashmir in one form or another till 2002, and again between 2009 and 2015. It implemented land reforms in the state, ensured the state's autonomy under the Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, and formulated a separate Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir in 1957. Sheikh Abdullah's son Farooq Abdullah (1981–2002, 2009–present) and grandson Omar Abdullah (2002–2009) have led
551-411: The organisation renamed itself to National Conference in 1939 in order to represent all the people of the state. It supported the accession of the princely state to India in 1947. Prior to that, in 1941, a group led by Ghulam Abbas broke off from the National Conference and revived the old Muslim Conference . The revived Muslim Conference supported the accession of the princely state to Pakistan and led
580-457: The party after Sheikh Abdullah's death as the president. The party is a member of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration electoral alliance. In October 1932, Sheikh Abdullah founded the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference in collaboration with Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas . On 11 June 1939 it was renamed as the All Jammu and Kashmir National Conference. This prompted
609-402: The party secured record seats 42 to be exact being the single largest party in j and k even beating the bjp leader by decisive 7,819 votes the party has also passed the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir autonomy resolution in the assembly. Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas (4 February 1904 – 18 December 1967) was a leading politician of Jammu and Kashmir and the President of
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#1732775980833638-506: The party. Acting on the behest of the central government, the governor dismissed Farooq as chief minister and replaced him with Ghulam Mohammad Shah . His government was dismissed in March 1986 and presidential rule was imposed. In the contested state assembly elections of 1987, the JKNC formed an alliance with the INC, and was declared to have won a majority. Farooq Abdullah again became chief minister and on Abdullah's watch an insurgency against
667-533: The reins of power in the state. But in 2002 state assembly elections, the JKNC won only 28 seats, with the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (PDP) emerging in the Kashmir Valley as a contender for power. In the December 2008 state assembly elections, no single party was able to get the majority. The JKNC led by Farooq's son Omar Abdullah emerged as a single largest party, winning 28 seats. After
696-537: The reinstatement of Article 370 and the region's statehood. They also proposed repealing post-2019 laws that they argue adversely impact the region's autonomy. Additionally, the JKNC aims to encourage dialogue between India and Pakistan to address the Kashmir issue The revocation of Article 370 was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) efforts to fully integrate Jammu and Kashmir into India,
725-518: The state government and India began. Abdullah was dismissed again in 1990 by the union government and presidential rule was imposed in the state. In 1991, the state elections were cancelled due to a revolt by the people. In the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections in 1996, the JKNC led by Abdullah was awarded the election yet again winning 57 seats out of a total 87. Like its predecessors, this election has been deemed to be rigged and Abdullah stepped down in 2000. His son, Omar Abdullah then took up
754-728: The transfer of prisoners in 1948 when the ceasefire in the Kashmir conflict took effect and served the Azad Kashmir government till 1951. He presented the case of Pakistan in the United Nations along with Muhammad Ibrahim Khan when India took the Kashmir issue there. United Nations ended up drawing the cease-fire line to stop the fighting. In 1951, he resigned as head of the Azad Kashmir government and did not participate in government politics after that. Abbas died of stomach cancer in Rawalpindi on 18 December 1967 and
783-581: Was established to encourage political dialogue between the princely class of India, and the British Raj , upon the issues of governance, political stability and future of India. For a long period, the Conference was hostile to the Indian independence movement , and acted often to condemn and counter-act the work of the Indian National Congress when it was banned by British authorities., In 1928, as
812-651: Was laid to rest in Faizabad near Rawalpindi , close to the capital city of Islamabad , Pakistan. In 1995, Pakistan Postal Services issued a commemorative postage stamp to honor his services. In 2006, a public event was organized in Rawalpindi , Pakistan to observe his death anniversary on 19 December 2006 where the leaders of the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference , Sardar Abdul Qayyum and Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan paid tributes to him. In 2014, on
841-499: Was the first election since the revocation of the special status in 2019. The election decided 90 seats in the assembly. The results were announced on October 8, 2024. Key parties contesting include: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC), Indian National Congress (INC), and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) After Jammu and Kashmir elections
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