Confidential Letter to M.A. Jinnah Regarding Political Recruitment in the North-West Frontier Province

Sub title : A Strategic Appeal to Convert Congress Muslim MLAs to the Muslim League

Subject: Muslim League Expansion | Political Conversion | Congress Defection

Date of publication: 1945

Language: English

Page: 1 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27760

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- Muslim League -- Congress Defection -- Abdul Qayum | Frontier Politics -- Political Strategy -- National Muslims -- Gandhi -- Confidential Letter

Abstract: A confidential letter from Syed Kabir Zaman Shah to M.A. Jinnah, urging him to invite Abdul Qayum, a Muslim Congress MLA, to join the Muslim League. The writer emphasizes the strategic importance of this conversion to weaken the Congress and strengthen the League's influence in the Frontier Province, highlighting the potential for more Muslim Congressites to follow suit.

Description: This confidential letter illustrates the tactical efforts by Muslim League supporters to persuade influential Muslim members of the Congress to defect to the League. The writer appeals directly to M.A. Jinnah to intervene and extend an invitation to Abdul Qayum, emphasizing the potential political impact of such a move in undermining Congress and consolidating Muslim support in the North-West Frontier Province. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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