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Elections for the [[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister. | Elections for the [[Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir|Constituent Assembly]] of the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] were held in September–October 1951.{{sfn|Das Gupta, Jammu and Kashmir|2012|p=229}} [[Sheikh Abdullah]] was appointed Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following frictions with various groups such as the [[Jammu Praja Parishad]] agitation, Abdullah was dismissed in August 1953 and imprisoned. [[Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad]] was appointed as the next Prime Minister. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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Scholar [[Sumantra Bose]] states that the manner of elections indicated that the National Conference elites wanted to govern Jammu and Kashmir as a [[party state]]. Their slogan was "One Leader, One Party, One Programme". [[Balraj Puri]], journalist and secular activist from Jammu, is said to have argued with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] that Ghulam Mohiuddin Karra's group in the Kashmir Valley should be allowed to function as an opposition group in the state. While Nehru agreed with the principle he stated that nothing should be done to weaken Sheikh Abdullah.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=56–57}} | Scholar [[Sumantra Bose]] states that the manner of elections indicated that the National Conference elites wanted to govern Jammu and Kashmir as a [[party state]]. Their slogan was "One Leader, One Party, One Programme". [[Balraj Puri]], journalist and secular activist from Jammu, is said to have argued with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] that Ghulam Mohiuddin Karra's group in the Kashmir Valley should be allowed to function as an opposition group in the state. While Nehru agreed with the principle he stated that nothing should be done to weaken Sheikh Abdullah.{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=56–57}} | ||
The Jammu Praja Parishad, having been denied opportunities for the democratic opposition, took to the streets. It demanded full integration of the state with India to ensure the "legitimate democratic rights of the people" against the "anti-Dogra government of Sheikh Abdullah".{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=56–57}} The conflict with the Praja Parishad eventually led to the termination of Sheikh Abdullah's rule.<ref>{{citation |first=Balraj |last=Puri |author-link=Balraj Puri |title=Schizophrenia in Jammu? |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |volume=9 |number=6/8 |date=Feb 1974 |pages=185–187 |jstor=4363413}}: "The agitation of the Jammu Praja Parishad in 1952-53 against the special status of the state is generally acknowledged to be the cause of Sheikh Abdullah's final breach with New Delhi."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tillin, Asymmetry in Indian Federalism|2006|pp=54–55}}: "It was partly in response to their campaign that Sheikh Abdullah began to emphasize the option of Kashmir’s independence, leading to his arrest in 1953 and the installation of a more pliant government which gave its consent to the extension of most of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir."</ref> | The [[Jammu Praja Parishad]], having been denied opportunities for the democratic opposition, took to the streets. It demanded full integration of the state with India to ensure the "legitimate democratic rights of the people" against the "anti-Dogra government of Sheikh Abdullah".{{sfn|Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace|2003|pp=56–57}} The conflict with the Praja Parishad eventually led to the termination of Sheikh Abdullah's rule.<ref>{{citation |first=Balraj |last=Puri |author-link=Balraj Puri |title=Schizophrenia in Jammu? |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |volume=9 |number=6/8 |date=Feb 1974 |pages=185–187 |jstor=4363413}}: "The agitation of the Jammu Praja Parishad in 1952-53 against the special status of the state is generally acknowledged to be the cause of Sheikh Abdullah's final breach with New Delhi."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Tillin, Asymmetry in Indian Federalism|2006|pp=54–55}}: "It was partly in response to their campaign that Sheikh Abdullah began to emphasize the option of Kashmir’s independence, leading to his arrest in 1953 and the installation of a more pliant government which gave its consent to the extension of most of the Indian constitution to Jammu and Kashmir."</ref> | ||
== Government formation == | == Government formation == | ||