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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 4(8), pp. 324–329, December, 2016. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2016.058 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research Paper
One-Party Dominance and its Breakdown in Jammu and Kashmir
Shazia Majid (PhD Research Scholar)
Department of Political Science, University of Kashmir, 190006. E-mail: shaziamajid77@gmail.com
Accepted 29 November 2016
The dominance
of one party system in Jammu and Kashmir started with the dominance of
National Conference since it came into power in 1947. Being the fore
runner, in the freedom struggle against Dogra rule, since its inception
the National Conference was able to dominate the political landscape of
the state with its ideology of Secularism, Socialism and democracy.
National Conference had established the dominance of one political party
under the leadership of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in all its phases: be
it the freedom struggle launched in 1931 by the Sheikh Abdullah or the
Accession of J&K to the Indian Union after independence in 1947, coupled
with the arrest of Sheikh Abdullah 1953-1972. The paper has highlighted
the dominant phase of National conference and its break down, the
various factors responsible for it, and has also dealt with the
emergence of People’s Democratic Party as a strong alternative regional
party. The paper had focused on the role played by PDP in changing the
hegemonic discourse of National Conference by bringing an effective
competitive party politics in Jammu and Kashmir since 2002. Cite This Article As: Majid S (2016). One-Party Dominance and its Breakdown in Jammu and Kashmir. Inter. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 4(8): 324-329
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