All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front
All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front | |
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| Patron | Sheikh Abdullah |
| Founder | Mirza Afzal Beg |
| Founded | 9 August 1955 |
| Dissolved | 1975 |
| Merged into | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| Political position | Called for a plebiscite on whether Kashmir should remain in India, join Pakistan or become independent. |
The All Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front, or Plebiscite Front, was a political party in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that called for a "popular plebiscite" to decide if the state should remain part of India, join Pakistan or become independent. The patron of the party was Sheikh Abdullah, the former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and chief of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, even though he never formally joined it. The founder of the party was Mirza Afzal Beg.