In cross Communal Punjab Unionist Party was dominated. In 1923 Hindu Jat and Muslim Rajputs founded it. Khizr Hayat was its last leader. The political characteristic of Khizer was his loyalty to the Raj. He relieved nationalist politician as manipulators who were out of touch with the real India. His out looked was rooted in is family history. By the end of his career such loyalty neither was nor reciprocated. Throughout 1945-46, he depended on heavily on the advice of the British Governor Sir Bertrand Glancy. An honest and highly upright man himself, Khizr never considered that the British might recklessness their Unionist allies. He was shocked by Wavells capitulation to Jinnah at the time of the 1945 Simla Conference and later believed that Attlee had deliberately deluded him concerning British intentions regarding the timing of the British withdrawal. It may have been wishful thinking, but he had hoped for the smack of firm government, not miserable surrender with the following chaos of partition. Khizr typically did not; however allow a sense of infidelity to spoil his friendship with former officials. Khizrs loyalism was not based on self- interest, but rather on the belief that the imperial connection ensured the Punjabs progress. After the 1946 provincial elections, he brought together the feuding Congress and Akali parties in a final unsuccessful attempt to shore up Punjabs communal harmony. In short he was a realistic practitioner of consociation democracy.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 07:47:04 +0000
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