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| Did P N Bazaz engineer conversion of MC into NC? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 8: The Muslims hated him and the Pandits did not love him. His friends betrayed him and the government persecuted him and finally exiled him. Pandit Prem Nath Bazaz, a great son of Jammu Kashmir was punished for his uncompromising stand on Kashmir. He was a staunch advocate of independent Kashmir and unlike his colleagues did not mortgage his conscience. However, joining Janata Party in 1977, is, perhaps the only grey patch in his long and illustrious political career. Bazaz is believed to have engineered conversion of Muslim Conference into National Conference. The Muslim Conference workers believe that he published a pamphlet in mid 30s and conferred the title of `Kashmir ka Gandhi' (Kashmir's Gandhi) on Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah. This publication went to Sheikh's head and he started behaving and thinking like Gandhi. This culminated into birth of National Conference in 1939. But before condemning Bazaz for this `political blunder' one must dig deep into history. The facts narrate an entirely different story. Soon after the birth of National Conference Bazaz and Sheikh Abdullah, who jointly owned the Hamdard, parted ways. Bazaz became Sheikh's `worst enemy'. He wrote against Sheikh Abdullah and his National Conference. An editorial written by Bazaz on June 10, 1947 merits serious consideration. It reads: "The Hindus do not like National Conference. However, some Hindus have joined it not because they love it but for the hatred it has exhibited against Muslims of India. The inclusion of a handful of Hindus in National Conference does not make it a representative of the minorities. The Hindus and Sikhs praise National Conference in public because they believe that it is working against the interests of Muslims……." (SIC). The founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah held Bazaz in high esteem. During an interview for Hamdard with renowned journalist JN Sathu in 1944 at Srinagar, Jinnah said: " People like Prem Nath Bazaz and others can bring the Kashmiri Pandits into mainstream politics and activate them to fight against autocratic Dogra rule." ( Author's Interview with JN Sathu on July 4, 1997). This was an acknowledgement of Bazaz's capabilities by Jinnah. Perhaps Jinnah did not know that the Pandits hated Bazaz for his political beliefs.
JN Sathu was a great admirer of Bazaz. When asked about his role in the birth of National Conference during the interview quoted above, Sathu said: "No, Prem Nath Bazaz did not persuade Sheikh Abdullah to convert Muslim Conference into National Conference. Those who say so were prostrating before their Delhi lords when Bazaz was suffering in a Delhi prison." On April 11, 1947 Prem Nath Bazaz was shot at. Two persons Ghulam Ahmad Mir and Muhammad Sultan Najar were taken into custody. However, when Sheikh Abdullah became the emergency administrator, the court acquitted both of them.
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