POSSIBLE NEW PART ALIGNMENTS IN INDIAN-OCCUPIED KASHMIR

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 19, 1954
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Possible New Part' AliFnmerts tn Indian-Occupied Kashmir '
The Embassy ?trI-Jismits,two itees bearing on the above subject. One from
The Statesman, November 19 .1954, has to co with the recent Conference of the
JaMmu-and Kashmir Socialist Workers, Chaired by. the PSP Socialist leader
ASOKA MgHTA The other, from the Tie of India, November :9, 1954,. concerne:, -
a meeting Of the General Council of the Ja-pmu. Praja Parishad, which subsequently
declils6 in affiliate with the All-led Jon gangh.
? Tho :]ocialist proceedin.gs, it wila be noted, questioned. the effectiveness
of (ccesionof Kashmir to India in terms of the welfare of the general public,
sw,i.,estin7 it was ,:ri')aril7 of advahtale to the leadership; they accented the
enHfor Indo-Pakistar alt.r to offset "outside interference;" deplored the
rowin Com:mlnist influence in the State administration, the curtailment of
ciVilliberties, and demanded the relcase or trial Ofdetenus,' '
The Praja-Parishad meeting, at which PREMNATH DOGRA, President Was-the
best known figurediterated the Well-known slogan l"one flag,-one:conetitution,
and onejresidept," and again asserteC #.0 necessity of:coMplete integration
Dogra, denying the "existence" of the R.SS. in the state,
telnr'wed 1-L17! st7t!:..le.:-,t with praise for its patriotism .and,wenV:oxito indicate
13?- imnlication the usport which the Parishad had previously had from the '
Jan gan[th,and to questiou the practicability of Pariehad operations,dis
aaeoeiated fro-1 the All-India Party. (The General Council subsequentlyvOted
to affiliata with the Jar Sallgh, and the Working Committee of the Jan Sangh
authorie t,le affiliation of the Janmu Praja Parishad?) The Parishad
precoes-called n oth new ,I;Iniciptti elections in ,T,Ttu and State-wide
eleetis t,o the
ve-Itir:e into jamu. and Kashmir SUate has beer forecast
since last Auust, The forzial launching of a branch of the PSP at this time?
followirw the 20th plenary session of the National Conference, is very likely
of SOMP significance. Had the Conference actually domonstr3te6 the solidarity
113 1).)111cly that the PSP' would have Ventured to ?0,ke
at this V e. A contrary situation seems to be in the ':!).aking as
attsstei bir the continued opposition of the group in the Constituent Assembly
led by AMU 6.01 GONI, HAKIM, HABIBULLAH and HARDAMI. It is the Embassy's
olDinion that this o-reosition is more widespread than the Indian press commonly
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admits and that the PSP has perhaps sensed a psychological moment to enter the
field. In its plea for the release or trial of detenus (which would include
ABDULLAH) it has a rallying point for the substantial residue of pro-Abdullah
Kashmiri, and a means of embarrassing both Bakshi and Sadiq elements in the
National Conference.
It was evident throughout the long drawn-out Jan Sangh agitation of
November 1952-July 1953 that there was a close linkage between the Jammu
Praja Parishad and the Jan Sangh. It has become equally obvious in past
months that Jammu Dogra elements have chafed under their handicaps in repre-
sentation, both locally and in the State executive and administrative services.
That they now nerceive an opportunity to capitalize on factionalism within
the Conference is evidenced by formal affiliation with the Jan Sangh and an
open courtship of support from members of the former R.S.S.
The parallel noveo by the PSP and the Praja Parishad have in common an
expressed apprehensiveness of the growing influence of Communists in the
present government of Indian-occupied Kashmir. This, presumably, is shared
by the Dakshi wino, of the rational Conference. It is difficult, however, to
find very much other coe -on ground among the three non-Cbmmunist groups. There
are thus four principal political groupings in the making: the new Socialist
party, the reinforced Praja Parishad - henceforth aneociated with an all-India
party, the .alcoh*J_ wine of the 7otiona1 Conference, and the Sadiq following.
It 5O3:5 doubtful that the PSP or. the Parishad or both can force new
general electieno in Kashmir for many months to ccee, though locally they
may have some ouccele. It does seem likely, however, that they may seriously
weaken the Dakshi wing in the National Conference end to this extent perhaps
contribute to Comourist strength. Another result of the emergence of these
groups maer be to hasten the tealpo of COI efforts to ameliorate economic and
social conditions in the areas of Kashelir under its control. Aside from the
likelihood that COI support will be maintained, and naehane increased 9 the
position of Prime kl.eister -3LK,TriI would anreor to he an increasingly difficult
one0
For the Ambaseador:
Richard S. Leach
First Secretary of Embassy
Enclosures:"
1. Article from The Statesman dated November 8, 1954.
2. Article from Times of India-, November 9, 1954.
cc: AmConGens Bombay, Calcutta, Madras
AmEmbassy, Karachi.
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