POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Congress Socialist Party, Hindu Law, Party System
2 Oct 2014
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Especially because of kashmir they thought the local population would support pakistan because of the muslim majority in the area. Protests that were repressed about urdu being the main language. Mainly the awami league: to repress the west pakistani uprising, the regime turned west pakistan into one province. Punjabis were the definite majority in west pakistan and the linguistic minorities felt dissatisfied with the limited clout they had (they lost their provinces: mid-1960s caused the opposition to grow. Significant in the urban lower and middle class groups and those who wanted to see more of a role for islamic politics. India had a fairly smooth democratic consolidation in the 50s and 60s thanks to policies that helped and had support. Relevant legacies of colonialization: conducive to democracy, strong party, ideological pluralism of nationalist movement. Congress party built a culture of compromise between the different factions and visions in the party: elite commitments & mass pressures.
