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| Sheikh assured loyalty to Hari Singh for personal power | | Conspiracy against Jammu -- III | |
STARK REALITY
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 11: What happened in the State and between the Government of India and Sheikh Abdullah in relation to the State after the proclamation of March 5, 1948 and before Hari Singh left the State for ever at the end of April 1949 as a broken-hearted and disillusioned person. It would be only appropriate to quote what Hari Singh himself wrote in this regard to Dr Rajendra Prasad, President of India, on August 16/17, 1952, from Pune (Maharashtra). He, among other things, wrote: “”sheikh Abdullah and the men of his party took all power to themselves, ignored my existence and where they felt necessary, they got the consent of the Government of India to do what they liked in the State disregarding me and my wishes. This gradually led to deterioration and to the outside world, the State and Sheikh Abdullah became convertible terms. The people of Kashmir were utterly ignored and everything that Sheikh Abdullah desired to do was done in the name of the State with the express or tacit consent of the Government of India. He approached the Government of India with the result that I was asked to stay out of the State for a few months. I accepted the advice of Sardar Patel and agreed to stay out. The Yuvraj (Karan Singh) was appointed Regent. It needs hardly be pointed out that the Yuvraj became a figurehead and had to take orders from Sheikh Abdullah. In this connection it may be pointed out that although my proclamation of 5th March, 1948 was based on the Mysore Constitution, which stipulated the appointment of a Dewan and reserved subjects yet gradually Sheikh Abdullah succeeded in getting the approval of the Government of India to making changes in the Constitution of the State, so as to make it different from what was expressly intended to be. This mischief began with Sheikh Abdullah going direct to the Government of India on certain points over my head and the Government of India countenancing him and giving the desired directions and then informing me of what they had done at the instance of Sheikh Abdullah. The correspondence on the subject and the events following on each change bear testimony to what Sheikh Abdullah was trying to achieve in breach of the solemn promises and assurances given by him and also by the Government of India on his behalf. After my leaving the State things went from bad to worse. Sheikh Abdullah was not satisfied with what he had achieved and aspired to absolute control of the State. He became openly inimical and hostile to me. He even interfered with my private properties and personal belongings, issued orders to humiliate me and even interfered in the administration of Dharmarth Trust, a Trust created by my forefathers of which I am the Trustee…The charities and institutions maintained from the revenues of Trust are starved. Even the routine expenses of the Trust, such as, for Puja in temples and Devasthans cannot be met because it pleases Sheikh Abdullah…”
He also wrote: “Sheikh Abdullah with the connivance of the Government of India started tinkering with Constitution of 5th March 1948; Sheikh Abdullah persuaded the Government of India to drive me out of the State; Sheikh Abdullah was maligning me and created an impression that the people of Kashmir (read Muslims) are against me; the Constituent Assembly was established (in 1951); the will of the people Jammu and Kashmir is now judged by the whims and caprices of Sheikh Abdullah; Sheikh Abdullah after having made up his mind to get rid of the Ruler and his dynasty, persuaded the Government of India to see eye to eye with him and to lay down that this could be done even before the new Constitution was framed much less approved by you on behalf of India; I get no redress and am told that I am in the wrong; the will of the people is all that counts and I must abide by such will; the Press carries reports from day to day creating feeling against me; false reports are not contradicted; the Prime Minister (Nehru) got angry as evidenced by his letter, dated 5th July 1952 because I stated facts; the State Ministers avoid giving a proper reply to me and yet the Press says I have been asked and have not replied; (and) the Yuvraj is being coerced by the Prime Minister (Nehru) and Sheikh Abdullah to accede to their suggestions.” (To be continued)
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