First Prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru , who is popularly known as Chacha Nehru took some actions in the past which raises lot of questions even today , so just thought of clubbing them together. Here are those actions and decisions of Jawahar Lal Nehru which are a problem for india even today.
BLUNDERS THAT GAVE RISE TO KASHMIR ISSUE
The first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, of India had committed several mistakes in the resolution of Kashmir issue. First time, since India got independence, in a Parliament that Prime Minister had delivered a bold speech and blamed Pandit Nehru about the Kashmir issue and PM Modi is absolutely correct in blaming Pandit Nehru for the entire Kashmir mess.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru did several mistakes which could had been avoided easily if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were the Prime Minister of India. Apart from the formation of POK which Pandit Nehru unable to control, let me list down his other mistakes because of which People of J&K have been suffering since 1947:
Maharaja had already accepted it and then GOI had acknowledged him about the same. So J&K was never a dispute state after Maharaja had signed the accession. Why Pandit Nehru took the case to the UN? And still that case has been lingering in the UN since Jan 1948 and people of my state have been suffering because of miscarriage of Kashmir plan by Pandit Nehru. Pakistan, Abdullah Family and separatists are using this angle to prove that Kashmir is still not the part of India. But they never mentioned about the Maharaja’s letter and his approval of accession. If Kashmir were not in the UN, Pakistan and fringe elements in the valley would never get the reason to spread their propaganda.
THE SHEIKH ABDULLA FACTOR
Close friendship of Jawaharlal Nehru and Sheikh Abdulla:
Jawaharlal Nehru disliked Maharaja Hari Singh from the beginning. Sheikh Abdulla launched “Quit Kashmir Movement” in 1946 for which he was jailed by Maharaja. Nehru wanted to intervene in the issue and when he entered into the state he was stopped by Maharaja’s troops. Nehru took it as an insult and never forgave Maharaja. Hari Singh knew about this friendship and therefore hesitated to sign Indian IOA. Later on Nehru pressurized Maharaja to appoint Sheikh Abdullah as Prime Minister of State.
Too Much Trust on Sheikh Abdullah:
Nehru blindly trusted Sheikh and later difference grew between them to such an extent that that Sheikh was arrested by central government in 1953. When Indian Army was ready to recapture the area taken by Pakistani invaders, Nehru didn’t approved army to advance further. It was Sheikh who suggested Nehru not to advance further as the area beyond was not Kashmiri. In 1953, Sheikh was charged with conspiring against India, helping Pakistan to annex J&K and inciting communal disharmony.
Not allowing Indian Army to completely recapture the area annexed by Pathan invaders:
On 21/22 October 1947 an army of 5000 Pathan tribesmen (Army supported by Pakistan) invaded the state. Once the Maharaja signed IOA, Indian Army began one of the biggest operation in history. Within few days Indian army won many important points and recaptured Baramulla thereby removing danger to the city of Srinagar. To completely annihilate the invaders Indian Army waited for approval from high command to attack on their base and drove them out. Nehru didn’t allowed to attack further and logged the case in U.N.O (United Nation Organization). To this day the area is not recaptured and known as POJK (Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir).
Escalating the issue into United Nations:
Jawaharlal Nehru didn’t allowed Indian Army to attack further and recapture the area
but lodged the complaint (suggested by Lord Mountbatten) to the United Nation’s Security Council thereby making it an international issue. The solution provided by UN Commission was “Issue would be resolved by democratic means of plebiscite once the Pakistan withdrew its troops from captured territory”. India declared ceasefire on 1st January and Pakistan never removed its forces from captured land.
The question still unanswered in :
Why did Nehru take the Kashmir issue to the UN when Sardar Patel was so sure of solving the problem with a few more days in hand?
Too much Trust on British:
It is said that Nehru trusted British more than the Indian generals and in case of Kashmir issue he took command in his own hand (for rest of India it was done by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel). For issues related to Kashmir he consulted Lord Mountbatten and other English Generals. As per the British, initially they had intention to cede J&K to Pakistan. British Officers supported the Pakistan Army to capture the Gilgit-Baltistan region of J&K by supporting them in terms of arms and strategic plans.
Giving higher share of Assembly seats to Kashmir Region than Jammu Region:
During the formation of Jammu & Kashmir Assembly the Congress government gave the control of State to Kashmir region by giving it 43 seats out of total 75 seats. It is to be noted, both by area and number of voters Jammu region should have got higher share. No any official census or surveys were done and government gifted more than 50% of assembly seats to Kashmir Valley thereby making it impossible for Jammu to play any pivotal role. To pass any law or abolish article 370 it should be passed in J& K assembly and by this scenario it was made impossible. Till date the unequal distribution of seats makes it difficult for other parties to form government. The state politics is controlled by Kashmir Valley which in turn supports Pakistan and Separatist leaders. (At present Kashmir region has 46 seats, Jammu has 37 seats and Ladakh has 4 seats).
At present the Kashmir has 46 seats and Jammu has 37 seats. It is to be noted that the refugees can vote in central election but not in the assembly election.
At present the Kashmir has 46 seats and Jammu has 37 seats. It is to be noted that the refugees can vote in central election but not in the assembly election. In right separatist leader who oppose India’s control on J&K
Malpractices carried by him and his government during first election of State in 1951:
To conduct the first election in the valley the Central government (Congress) committed blunder mistakes. First no census were carried out and census of 1941 was not taken into account (1941 census population data: Jammu- 20 Lakh, Kahsmir-17 lakh and Ladakh/Gilgit-3 lakh). Second, in the election National Conference won all 75 seats (Note-winners of first election were about to draft the constitution of J&K!). 73 members won without any opposition and 2 members (Not Muslim) who filed their nomination got death threats and they backed off. Third, after election the motion of acceptance of election was moved in Indian Parliament and in spite of opposition by leaders like S.P Mookerjee it was passed in Parliament (Note- Congress at that time has 364 members in Parliament).
Used his power to pass article 306-A
which ultimately became source of article 370: In its initial days article 370 was not in scene and instead article 306-A was drafted. Nehru sent Sheikh to Dr. B.R Ambedkar to draft an appropriate constitution for state but Dr. Ambedkar rejected it saying:
“Mr. Abdullah, you want India should defend Kashmir, India should develop Kashmir and Kashmiris should have equal right as citizens of India, but you don’t want India and any citizen of India to have any rights in Kashmir. I am the Law Minister of India. I cannot betray the interest of my country”.
When Dr. Ambedkar refused to draft the article, Nehru asked Gopalaswami Ayyangar to draft the article. Once the article was prepared Nehru used his absolute majority in parliament to pass the article.
Giving excessive power to the State Legislature of Jammu & Kashmir:
While drafting the constitution of Jammu & Kashmir excessive power was given to the state legislature. The state legislature was empowered to make laws on all state subjects including implementation of laws and deciding who are the citizen of J&K. According to J&K, person who has domicile in Jammu & Kashmir would be regarded as citizen of India though the reverse would not be acceptable. Similarly the state has not implemented IPC (Indian Penal Code) and it has its own RPC (Ranbir Penal Code).
Hiding important information from Indian Parliament:
Nehru kept the entire Parliament in dark and with the help of President of India passed the order of 1954 that significantly affected the Indian control on state. On 14th May 1954 Nehru forced president of India to pass “Order Constitution” which was applicable to state of J&K. This came into force as article 35A of Indian Constitution. This article deals with employment, acquisition of property, settlement, scholarships and other important aspects of state. In this order many exceptions and modifications were made but the entire Indian Parliament was not informed about it. You would be surprised to know that armed with these power the state has refused to add the word “Secular” in its constitution that was added to Indian constitution after 42nd Amendment.So we can see how the mistakes committed by our Prime Minister has dragged the entire country and state in unending chaos. Had if few precautions were made and personal relationship was kept aside the story of state would have been different. Article 370 came with temporary provision but now it has effectively became permanent.
Article 370:
Sardar Patel was firmly against article 370 and he had expressed his anger against it as:
“Neither Sheikh Abdullah not Goplaswamy is permanent. The future would depend upon the strength and guts of Indian government and if we cannot have confidence in our strength we do not deseverve to exist as a nation”.
Was Pandit Nehru against article 370? If we do research on this, we will come to know that he was neither against article 370 nor in its favor. Let me take the case that he was against Article 370, which many liberals and intellectuals have been writing, if he was really against it why he didn’t abrogate it? He was the Prime Minister of India for almost 16yrs but he was unable to abrogate it. If Sardar patel were Prime Minister, Article 370 would have never been part of an Indian constitution.
Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir
It was finally abrogated by Narendra Modi Government on 5 August 2019 in a master stroke after a careful planning , the Indian Home Minister Amit Shah moved a resolution in the Rajya Sabha to give the President the necessary recommendation he needs to declare Article 370 as inoperative Subsequently, the statutory resolution seeking the revocation of the special status under Article 370 and the bill for the state's reorganization
was debated and passed by the Rajya Sabha on 5 August 2019 with 125 (67%) votes in its favour and 61 (33%) against it.On 6 August, the bill for the reorganisation was debated and passed by the Lok Sabha with 370 (86%) votes in its favour and 70 (14%) against it, and the resolution recommending the revocation was passed by 351 votes in favour and 72 against
Kashmir in United Nations:
On January 1, 1948 India took the case to the United Nations under the leadership of Pandit Nehru. He took the case in UN to get the solution of dispute state as per International law. But the question is, Was J&K considered as dispute state? The simple answer was NO. Because Maharaja Hari Singh had accepted J&K as part of India and signed the instrument of accession in October 26, 1947. In a letter to Lord Mountbatten he wrote:
“With the conditions obtaining at present in my State and great emergency of the situation as it exists, I have no option but to ask for help from Indian Dominion. I have accordingly decided to do so and I attach the Instrument of Accession for the acceptance by your Government”
Release of Sheikh Abdullah from Jail: This was not mistake but blunder by Pandit Nehru.
He and then the chief minister of J&K, G.M. Sadiq, adopted soft attitude towards Sheikh Abdullah and released him on 8th April, 1964. Abdullah was jailed by Nehru when Sardar Patel pressurized him. Abdullah was charged with perfidy, betrayal and treachery against India. He was pretending to be loyal to India but the quisling was doing lot of anti-national activities and had propagated two nation theory also. But why he was released? Only Pandit Nehru himself can answer this. Soon after his release, Abdullah had started anti-national activities in the valley and in order to get support from neighbors, he visited Pakistan and met Ayub Khan. He travelled China to meet the Prime Minister Chou En-Lai in 1965. On his return he was arrested at Delhi Airport. But the most unfortunate thing was Sardar Patel died of heart attack in 1950. If he were alive, another blunder by Pandit Nehru could have been easily averted and entire Kashmir mess would have been avoided.
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