Sir Chhotu Ram in Punjab Politics

 

Sir Chhotu Ram in Punjab Politics

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Sir Chhotu Ram was the ‘Principal Architect’ of the Unionist Party of the Punjab. He was in favour of complete independence of India but without partitioning it. Political ideas of  Chhotu Ram were based on economic issues.

Chhotu Ram emerged as a leader of the ‘Jats’ of Rohtak and gained recognition and acceptance as the leader of the Hindu agriculturists of the Punjab. He served as an Agriculture Minister, Education Minister, Development Minister and Revenue Minister etc.

The Politics of the Unionist Party of Punjab shows the politics of loyalism par excellence. This was made possible by Chhotu Ram, the most important individual in the Unionist politics who forged with the predominant Unionist Muslims of Punjab an enduring political alliance which was instrumental in forming one of the most successful non-Congress Ministries under the Provincial Autonomy.

The main contribution of Chhotu Ram was in championing the cause of the peasantry class and the downtrodden people in Punjab and he stood for their rights. Sir Chhotu Ram was against Communalism.

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