Resolution Passed by the Hd Hoc Committee of the J & K Janata Party in its Meeting at Srinagar on July 7, 1977.

12 Jammu and Kashmir Janata Party  Resolution Passed by the Hd Hoc Committee of the J & K Janata Party in its Meeting at Srinagar on July 7, 1977.

"The Ad Hoc Committee of the J & K Janata Party considering the developments of the past weeks culminating in the successful polls on 30th June and 3rd July believes that it is a sign of great significance that for the first time after Independence, despite certain irregularities in procedure and terrorisation in some quarters, a real contest took place between political parties which commanded popular support."

"Though the Committee disapproves of the religious, communal and sectional propaganda launched by the National Conference to rouse passions of semi-literate and ignorant people to catch votes and of the wide terrorisation and hooliganism by the Conference men to prevent opponents, particularly Janata men and women, from casting their votes, honours the verdict of the people in the hope that the holding of elections will prove a step in the establishment of democratic institutions in the State.

"The Ad Hoc Committee welcomes the latest statement of Sheikh Abdullah that his party will fully cooperate with the  Union Government in translating the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi in practice.

"The Committee cannot, however, refrain from pointing out that the unbridled hooliganism which has been unleashed in the garb of victory celebrations all over the valley is out of tune with the declaration of Sheikh Abdullah. The committee is apprehensive that fascism is raising its ugly head in the name of democracy because the National Conference is giving long rope to hoodlums in creating the alarming situation in which thousands of innocent people including women and children are being roughly handled by the ruffians. In particular Janata Party offices have been ransacked, flags and sign boards removed and burned, workers especially candidates assaulted, injured and humiliated, their houses looted; all those men and women. harassed who are believed to have shown any sympathy with Janata Party.

The Committee strongly condemns such atrocities and misdeeds of the National Conference hooligans and expects the administration to take strong measures to end them.

In spite of the fact that the State Janata is only two months old and without any organisational structure as possessed by its rival parties, the Committee notes with satisfaction that the party was able to secure many lakhs of votes which is by all accounts appreciable.

The Ad Hoc Committee congratulates the State people for responding heartily to the call of the party by rising above the prejudices of religion, caste and sect and thereby preserving a peaceful atmosphere; it puts on record its appreciation of the devotion with which thousands of workers laboured night and day to make such achievement possible.

The immediate task before the party, in the opinion of the Committee, is to build the organisation from grassroots and make it a massive structure which can stand the tests which the party has to face in the days to come. The Committee, therefore, advises all leaders and workers of the party to bend their energy to accomplish the task of raising the edifice which alone can prove of great assistance in laying the foundations of democracy in the J & K State."