ukpnp constitution
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CONSTITUTIONCONSTITUTION
United Kashmir Peoples National Party [UKPNP]United Kashmir Peoples National Party [UKPNP]
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UKPNPUKPNP and i ts Ideologyand i ts Ideology
The United Kashmir Peoples National Party
[UKPNP] is a revolutionary ideological Party with
scientific nomenclature. The UKPNP is determined
to bring about a national democratic revolution in
the United States of Kashmir. The UKPNP is
struggling for the realization of the right of self-
determination of the Kashmiri nation besides
independence and sovereignty of the motherland
in line with the internationally recognized
principles. The UKPNP is destined to take forward
the mission of the establishment of an
exploitation-free society on scientific lines.
The United Kashmir Peoples National Party
pledges to struggle to create unity and cohesion
among the labourers, peasants, students,
intellectuals and other patriotic and progressive
forces to bring about a national democratic
revolution. The national democratic revolution
shall serve as a first step towards the
establishment of an exploitation-free order, which
is the sole path to liberate the Kashmiri nation
from the shackles of imperialism and capitalism.
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Then all the oppressed communities shall have a
chance to utilize their natural skills and
capabilities. The uplift of productive minded forcesis imperative to fulfill material needs of all
segments of society. That is why, we have chosen
the national democratic revolution to be our goal.
On the international front, the UKPNP stands for
the international labour movement and the
internationalism, in order to resist the world
imperialism and its stooge powers. The UKPNP
believes in safeguarding the global peace and
launching joint endeavors for the uplift of the
mankind. The UKPNP further believes in the unity
and integrity of workers, and oppressed and
justice loving forces of all the regions to fight
imperialism, neo colonialism and hegemony and to
promote relations with patriotic, progressive and
revolutionary parties of all the countries.
Aims & Objectives:
The United Kashmir Peoples National Party is
determined to launch strenuous struggle against
the external and internal oppression till the
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Kashmiri people get complete freedom. The
UKPNP shall implement its programme through a
gradual and phase wise process. The primeobjective of the UKPNP is to establish an
exploitation free society. However, for that
purpose, it is imperative that first of all, the
motherland is liberated from the foreign
occupation.
To start with, the UKPNP shall seek to establish a
sovereign, democratic and progressive society
within Kashmir through a national democratic
revolution. There would be numerous difficulties
and problems during the long struggle for the
achievement of these supreme objectives.
Therefore, the UKPNP shall move forward in league
with democracy as well as independence loving
and revolutionary forces of the world in general
and the justice and democracy loving, progressive
and revolutionary forces of Pakistan and India in
particular. The UKPNP shall launch relentless
struggle to promote unity and harmony in the rank
and file of patriotic, nationalist and progressive
forces across the board. The UKPNP shall fully try
to promote political and scientific education among
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labourers, peasants, students, women and other
vulnerable segments of the society and shall help
them give up outdated concepts and promoteprogressive thoughts.
The United Kashmir Peoples National Party firmly
believes that only a peoples democracy can
ensure political, economic and democratic rights of
the people, and this form of democracy can
obviously flourish through a national democratic
revolution. However, in the present
circumstances, the UKPNP shall make relentless
efforts to get the minimum democratic rights for
the people and for that purpose; it shall try to
enter into alliance with all patriotic, democracy
loving and progressive parties and forces.
Article No 1: Title, Secretariat, Song and Flag of Party:
1) Title of Party: The title of Party shall be The
United Kashmir Peoples National Party.
2) Abbreviation of Party Title: The
abbreviation of the Party shall be the UKPNP.
3) Secretariat: In view of the current difficult
conditions, the Party Secretariat can be set up at
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any place by majority opinion of the National
Council and the Central Committee of the Party.
4) Party song: The Party shall have its ownsong which shall have the status of national
anthem under the Party constitution.
5) Flag: The Party flag shall be of a rectangle
shape in red colour with four white stripes on
the bottom and a pentagram [five pointed star]
in the center.
Article No 2: Definitions:
1) The United States of Kashmir:
The United Kashmir Peoples National Party[UKPNP] is a practical symbol of national unity
and cohesion among the Kashmiri nation and
communities living in Kashmir. Its objective is
to establish an independent national democratic
society on the basis of just intra-communityrelations. Therefore, the term The United
States of Kashmir, wherever mentioned in the
Party documents, shall mean the states forming
the federation of Kashmir i.e., states of Gilgit,
states of Jammu [Dogart], states of Ladakh,
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states of Baltistan, states of Poonch, states of
Brushal and states of Kishtawar.
2) Kashmir Nation and Communities:
The United Kashmir Peoples National Party
[UKPNP] while realizing the right of governance
of the community people, envisages that besides
the Kashmiri nation, seven other communities
settled in the United States of Kashmir, shall
have equal share in the new political set up
[independent and sovereign Kashmir], and they
will enjoy an autonomous status of province in
the supreme state demography. Therefore, the
term of Kashmiri nation and communities,
wherever mentioned in the Party documents,
shall mean besides Kashmir nation, the Dogra
community, Ladakhi community, Balti
community, Gilgiti community, Poonchi
community, Brusheki community and Kishtawari
community.
3) Kashmiri Nation:
Kashmiri nation means a modern nation who
shall not be raised through the use of machinery
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of state oppression, but by virtue of independent
and voluntary alliance of different communities.
Besides, this nation shall uphold the aboveprinciples to make strides for its survival and
evolution. Therefore, the term Kashmiri nation,
wherever used in the Party documents, shall
mean besides Kashmiri nation, the people
belonging to the Gilgiti, Dogri, Ladakhi, Balti,
Broshashki, Poonchi and Kishtawari
communities.
4) Party:
The United Kashmir Peoples National Party is a
well consolidated national democratic party
comprising Kashmiri nation and different
communities, which has come into being through
the alliance of different community upholding
their identity and equal status, under the
principles of democratic centralism. The Party is
determined to work for the promotion of a just
intra-community relationship in the new Kashmir
[independent and sovereign Kashmir] to achieve
the national independence, and to bring people
belonging to different communities on a single
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platform without the discrimination of caste and
creed, religion or region in order to provide them
equal chances of progress and growth to makethem part of a broader national democratic
movement.
Article No 3: Membership
Every citizen of The United States of Kashmir
wherever he does live, having agreed to the basic
ideology and constitution of the UKPNP with a
desire to play an active and meaningful role in the
Party activities, rising above all ethnic, linguistic,
sectarian, regional, tribal and gender
discrimination and prejudices, having accepted
both in terms of ability and capability the
constitutional and democratic decisions setting
aside his personal and individual interests, shall be
accepted as a member of the Party. It shall be
obligatory for the Party member to focus on study
and accept the Party programme with full wisdom.
Any citizen of The United States of Kashmir having
a minimum age of 16 years, can become a
member of the Party.
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Functions of Party Members:
1) The Party members shall thoroughly study the
basic information, literature, principles, policies
and decisions of the Party on scientific lines;
2) The Party members shall remain committed to
the principle that interests of the Party and the
people are above each and everything. They
shall keep the private meetings subservient to
the interests of the Party and the people and
shall be on the forefront to face the difficulties
and shall lag behind all while enjoying luxuries;
3) The Party members shall fully abide by the
decisions of the Party, and shall remain ever
ready to accept every responsibility assigned to
them from time to time. They shall actively
accomplish every task assigned by the Party to
them;
4) The Party members shall uphold unity and
cohesion in the Party, avoid all factionalism,
factional outfits and petty factional activities and
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shall resist every form of duplicity and
conspiracies;
5) The Party members shall remain loyal and
committed to the Party, shall equate their word
and deed, shall neither hide their political
thoughts nor twist the facts. The Party
members shall boldly point out and address
mistakes and slackness;
6) The Party members shall keep close contact
with the people, publicize the ideology and
programme of their Party and in case new
problems do erupt, they shall go to the people;
7) The Party members shall play an ideal and
leadership role in study and other social
activities;
8) The Party members shall come into action in
every odd and difficult hour to protect interests
of the motherland and its people; and
9) The Party members, irrespective of which
office they hold, must remain attached to any
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chapter or branch of the Party so that they are
able to formally take part in the Party activities.
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Rights of Party Member:
(9) Each Party member shall have the right to
attend a meeting of the relevant organ of
the Party and to go through the relevant
documents of the Party branch;
(10) Each Party member can express his
opinion and put forward his proposals about the
functions of the Party;
(11) Each Party member can poll his vote andcontest Party election;
(12) Each Party member has the right to
express difference of opinion and criticism for
the sake of improvement;
(13) Each Party member has the right to
inform the relevant branch of the Party about
violation of Party discipline, if any, by any office-bearer or member of the Party and activities
prejudicial to the Party policies;
(14) Each Party member has the right to
defend himself against allegations, if any,
leveled against him; and
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(15) Each Party member has a right to quit theParty at any time.
Article No 4: Organizational setup of the Party
The organizational set up of the Party shall be
based on democratic principles. The Party
members shall be subservient to their respective
Party branch. Minority shall be subservient to the
decisions of majority. All members and branches
of the Party shall be subservient to the National
Council and its Central Committee.
The Party shall have two supreme bodies: 1)National Council; and 2) Central Committee.
1) National Council:
The National Council, basically a body of the
collective political leadership of Kashmiri nationand the communities, shall be responsible to take
practical steps to frame political policy of the Party,
to resolve issues concerning procedure, and to
promote programme of the Party. The National
Council shall also be responsible to take practical
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steps for the solution of political, social and
economic problems of all the Kashmiri
communities, to promote national democraticmovement, to unite the people under the
revolutionary flag of the Party and to adopt a
revolutionary approach for the final victory of the
people.
a) Members of National Council andProcedure of Election:
The National Council shall comprise a total of 200
members. The members of the National Council
shall be elected by the zonal units and members of
the Party. Presidents and Secretaries of the zonal
units and foreign branches of the Party while all
officer bearers of the central cabinet shall be the
ex-officio members of the National Council for a
period of three years. The National Council shall
meet once in a year. However, the term can be
extended or reduced.
b) Powers of National Council:
The National Council shall be the most powerful
organ of the Party with the following powers:
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(1) To elect Central Committee;
(2) To amend, cancel or ratify decisions of the
Central Committee
(3) To frame policies of the Party; and
(4) To review or amend constitution and manifestoof the Party.
c) Procedure to Call Meeting of National
Council
The Central Secretary General with the consent of
the Central Committee shall issue a notice to call a
meeting of the National Council. The notice shall
be issued to the members of the National Council
at least 60 days before the date of the meeting.
The date and venue of the meeting shall be
decided by Central Committee. In extraordinary
circumstances, a minimum of 120 members shall
be eligible to requisition a meeting of the National
council.
2) Central Committee:
The Central Committee comprising 40 members
shall be the supreme policy making body of the
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Party. The members of Central Committee shall
be elected by National council.
a) Powers of Central Committee
a. The Central Committee shall work in the
light of the manifesto, constitution of the
Party and decisions of the National
Council;
b.The Central Committee shall elect the central
officer bearers;
c.The Central Committee shall be responsible
for listening to complaints against the Party
officer bearers, to probe them and to take
disciplinary action;
d.The Central Committee shall determine the
number of members of National Council and
procedure for their election;
e.The Central Committee shall meet for at
least four times in a year. The meeting shall
be called by the Secretary General of the
Party. However, this period can be extended
or reduced;
f. If a member of the Central Committee
remains absent for four consecutive meetings
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without intimation, the Central Committee can
take disciplinary action against him, which
may lead to the suspension of his membershipor expulsion from the committee. However,
members of Central Committee settled abroad
are exempted from it.
g.One-thirds members of the Central
Committee shall constitute the quorum.
Besides, Presidents and Secretaries of the
overseas branches shall be the ex-officio
members of the Central Committee and they
shall be in addition to the exact strength of
the Central Committee.
h.Honorary members of the Central Committee
shall be taken from the friendly and allied
parties also. However, they shall be
nominated by their respective parties.
i. The Central Committee is empowered to
enter into alliance and coordinate with
progressive and nationalist organizations and
take steps to promote unity, launch joint
struggle with them, frame foreign policy of the
Party, take steps to establish close contacts
with international revolutionary movements
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and the national liberation movements, take
concrete measures to publicize the Party
programme and to establish close contactswith international organizations, set up
diplomatic missions abroad to motivate the
world public opinion in favour of the Partys
stand and liberation of the Kashmiri nation;
and to make coordinated efforts for the
promotion of peaceful co-existence and intra-
state relations.
Article No 5: Central Officer Bearers
1) Chairman; 2) Vice Chairman; 3) Secretary
General; 4) Deputy Secretary General; 5) ChiefOrganizer; 6) Deputy Chief Organizer; 7)
Secretary Finance; 8) Press Secretary; 9)
Secretary Foreign Affairs; 10) Secretary Women
Affairs; 11) Secretary Students Affairs; 12)
Secretary Cultural Affairs.
Functions and Powers of Central Officer
Bearers:
1) Chairman:
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Chairman shall be the head of the Party. He shall
look after functions and interests of the Party. He
shall be competent to call an emergency meetingof the Party; announce Party policies; shall preside
over meetings at the central level; shall guide the
Secretary General in determining agenda of the
scheduled meetings; shall nominate in-charge of
Partys central secretariat; and represent the Party
in national and international conferences.
2) Vice Chairman:
In the absence of Chairman, the Vice Chairman
shall be the Acting Chairman and shall exercise all
powers of the Chairman.
3) Secretary General:
The Secretary General shall call a meeting of the
Central Committee; shall establish contacts with
different organizations abroad as per the policy of
the
Party; shall coordinate contacts among Party
branches; shall be responsible to dispatch
literature based on the Party policies and convey
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orders of the Central Committee to the Party
branches; shall work out agenda of the Central
Committee; shall coordinate activities of zonalbranches of the Party; shall work as organizer of
the National Council and the Central Committee;
shall be responsible to maintain Party record and
keep and take care of all necessary documents;
and shall be competent for taking basic steps for
the promotion of Party policies.
(4)Deputy Secretary General:
Deputy Secretary General shall assist the
Secretary General and in the absence of Secretary
General, he shall be Acting Secretary General with
all powers of the Secretary General.
(5) Chief Organizer:
Chief Organizer shall be responsible to organize
the Party. He shall deliver membership record to
the Central Secretariat. He shall be competent to
pay visits in the country, activate the Party and
coordinate activities of the Party members in
consultation with the Secretary General.
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(6) Deputy Chief Organizer:
Deputy Chief Organizer shall assist the ChiefOrganizer and in the absence of Chief Organizer,
he shall be the Acting Chief Organizer and shall
exercise all powers of Chief Organizer.
(7) Finance Secretary
The Finance Secretary shall be responsible to
collect Party funds, maintain record of funds and
use the funds with the approval of Chairman and
Secretary General.
(8) Press Secretary
The Press Secretary shall make arrangements for
the publicity and projection of activities of the
Party; shall issue statements based on Party
policies to the media; shall keep record of Partys
activities; and shall be responsible for publication
of Party literature in line with the policies of the
Central Committee.
(9) Secretary Foreign Affairs
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The Secretary Foreign Affairs shall be responsible
to pass on programme and stand of the Party to
different parties, diplomatic missions, heads ofstate and government as well as international
political organizations under the foreign policy as
devised by the Central Committee.
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(10) Secretary Womens Affairs
The Party firmly believes that womens
participation in the practical politics is imperative
for the liberation and sovereignty of motherland
and for the establishment of a prosperous society.
The Party shall take basic steps to bring unity
among the women folk and create political
awareness among them so that this half portion of
the population is able to play an active and
meaningful role. The Secretary Womens Affairs
shall be responsible for taking basic steps to
achieve these objects.
(11) Secretary Students Affairs
The Secretary Students Affairs shall be the in-
charge of students affairs. He shall help resolve
problems and issues of the Students Wing of the
Party. Besides, he shall present a report on allactivities of students to the Central Committee.
(12) Secretary Cultural Affairs
The Secretary Cultural Affairs shall take solid steps
to promote cultural activities. He shall organize
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different cultural functions, including literary and
folk heritage events. He shall take concrete steps
for the promotion of culture of all communities.
Article No 6: Regional Branches
Keeping in view the present situation of Kashmir,
the regional branches of the Party have been
divided in three zones.
(1) Jammu Kashmir Zone
(Indian Administered Kashmir)
(2) Gilgit Baltistan Zone
(Pakistan Administered Kashmir)
(3) Azad Kashmir Zone(Pakistan Administered Kashmir)
Keeping up the spirit and discipline of the central
set up of the Party, all zonal branches shall be free
to take decisions in accordance with the zonal and
local needs of their respective zones. These zonal
branches shall function till the current partition of
Kashmir is done away with and the motherland is
liberated.
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Organizational set up Partys zonal branches
1) Zonal Council 2) Zonal Committee
(3) Zonal Cabinet
(1) Zonal Council
The powers and functions of the Zonal Council
comprising 100 members, shall be the same as of
National Council as provided under sub clause 1 of
Article 4. However, the Zonal Council shall serve
as a zonal unit of the Party. The Zonal Council
shall be elected by members of Tehsil and District
Council and office-bearers of the unit.
(2) Zonal Committee
The Zonal Committee comprising 15 members
shall be elected by Zonal Council. The powers and
functions of the Zonal Committee shall be the
same as have been delegated to Partys Central
Committee under clause 2 of Article No 4.
However, the Zonal Committee shall be considered
a regional unity of the Party.
(3) Zonal Cabinet
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The Zonal Committee shall constitute a ZonalCabinet consisting of the following office bearers:
(1) President (2) Vice President 3) General Secretary
(4) Deputy General Secretary
(5) Finance Secretary 6) Press Secretary
(7) Secretary Womens Affairs 8) Organizer
(4) Powers and Functions of Zonal Cabinet
(1) President:
The President shall be the head of Zonal Cabinet.
The President shall preside over meetings of Zonal
Cabinet, Zonal Committee and Zonal Council. He
shall be responsible for Party affairs relating to his
zone. He shall be responsible to take steps to
organize Party in his zone and to activate it
according to the policies of the Party. He shall
present a report to the Central Committee on the
affairs of his zone. He shall be responsible to
convene emergency meetings of the Zonal
Cabinet, Zonal Committee and Zonal Council. The
General Secretary shall assist him in preparing
agenda for the meetings at the zonal level.
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(2) Vice President:
The Vice President shall assist the President, and in
the absence of President, the Vice President will be
Acting President and will exercise powers of the
President.
(3) General Secretary:
The General Secretary shall convene the meetings
of Zonal Cabinet and Zonal Committee. He shall
perform as organizer of the Zonal Cabinet and
Zonal Committee. The General Secretary shall
prepare agenda for the meetings at the zonal level.
He shall keep record of meetings of ZonalCommittee and Zonal Cabinet and take practical
steps for the promotion of Party policies at the
zonal level.
(4) Deputy General Secretary:
The Deputy General Secretary shall assist the
General Secretary, and in the absence of General
Secretary, the Deputy General Secretary will be
Acting General Secretary.
(5) Finance Secretary:
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The Finance Secretary shall be responsible to
collect donations at the zonal level, keep record
and to use funds with the approval of President
and General Secretary of the zone. Besides, he
shall assist the Central Finance Secretary.
6) Press Secretary:
The Press Secretary shall make arrangements for
the promotion and publicity of Party activities at
the zonal level. Besides, he shall keep records of
publicity promotion activities of the Party at the
zonal level.
7) Secretary Womens Affairs:
The Secretary Womens Affairs shall take concrete
steps to organize and activate the women wing of
the Party. She shall be responsible for the affairs
of Partys Women Wing. Besides, she shall assist
the Central Secretary Womens Affairs.
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8) Organizer:
The organizer shall be responsible for organizing
the Party on the zonal level. He shall maintain
record of the membership. He shall also assist the
Central Chief Organizer. He shall be responsible to
take steps to organize the Party.
Article No 7: Organizational set up of zonal units ofParty
1) Unit or primary domain
The primary unit of the Party shall be established
in each Mohallah, village, sector or ward having
five or more Party member. The organizational setup of Partys primary unit shall include President,
General Secretary, Finance Secretary, Press
Secretary and Organizer. All the office bearers of
the primary unit shall be elected by members with
a majority vote. The primary unit shall hold itsmeeting once in a month. The unit office bearers
shall be elected for a two-year term, after which
fresh elections shall be conducted. All scheduled
and emergency meetings of the unit shall be
chaired by the Unit President, while General
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Secretary shall assist him. The Unit Office bearers
shall be responsible to solve all issues concerning
the unity with a majority vote.
(2) Tehsil Council
The office bearers of all branches of the Party on
Mohallah, village, sector and ward level in a Tehsil
shall jointly form a Tehsil Council. The Tehsil
Council shall constitute a Tehsil Cabinet with the
following office bearers:
(1) President
(2) Vice President
(3) General Secretary
4) Deputy General Secretary
(5) Finance Secretary 6) Press Secretary
(7) Tehsil Organizer
(8) Secretary Womens Affairs
The powers and functions of these office bearers
on the Tehsil level shall remain the same as vested
in the office bearers of Zonal Cabinet under clause
4 of Article 6.
(3) District Council
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The District Council shall be the biggest unit in the
Zone. The members of Tehsil Council and office
bearers of primary shall form the District Council.The District Cabinet comprising the following office
bearers shall be elected by members of District
Council with a majority vote:
(1) President
(2) Vice President
(3) General Secretary
(4) Deputy General Secretary
(5) Finance Secretary
(6) Press Secretary
(7) Tehsil Organizer
(8) Secretary Womens Affairs
The powers and functions of these office bearers
on the district level shall remain the same as
vested in the office bearers of Zonal Cabinet under
clause 4 of Article 6.
Article No 8: Expulsion from Party
The Party shall take disciplinary action against any
member of the Party found involved in breaching
the ideology and programme of the Party. The
Party branches shall criticize or take disciplinary
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action against him on the basis of nature and
severity of errors against the members who violate
Party discipline.
Following are six tiers of disciplinary action for
violation of Party discipline: Warning, strong
warning; observation within Party, suspension of
membership, dismissal from office and expulsion
from Party.
i. Procedure:
For disciplinary action against any member of the
Party, it is necessary that the concerned Party
branch holds a general body meeting to discuss
the issue and take a decision by majority vote
whether or not to issue a charge sheet. In case of
charge sheet, the member shall have to submit his
rejoinder within the stipulated period, otherwise,
he shall have to face ex parte action. The upper
level committee of the Party shall be informed
about decision of final action against any member.
The final decision shall be taken by the Central
Committee.
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Article No 9: Procedure for Election
The election of the Party shall be held through
secret ballot. An Election Committee shall be
constituted for elections at every level, which shall
provide a list of candidates to the constituents and
shall supervise the electoral process. The Election
Committee shall send the list of winning
candidates to the Central Committee for
ratification.
Article No 10: Foreign Branches of Party
The Party shall set up its branches wherever the
Kashmiris live abroad. The organizational
structure of the foreign branches shall be drawn up
on the pattern of the organizational set up of the
Party on the zonal level. This set up shall be under
direct supervision of the Central Committee of the
Party.
(1) Functions of Party branches abroad:
a.To create political awareness among the
Kashmiris;
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b.To motivate world public opinion about the
independence and sovereignty of Kashmir;
c. To establish contact with liberationmovements across the world and to develop
unity among them; and
d. To provide funds for Party in Kashmir.
Article No. 11: Party Funds
The Party shall remain committed to the policies of
self-dependence and self-reliance to meet its
financial needs. The Party shall never accept
conditional financial assistance from any
government or non-governmental organization or
the government itself. The Party shall get funds
from the following sources:
(1) Membership fee from the members
(2) Monthly donations by members
(3) Special donations(4) Emergency donation
The Party shall work out a procedure to use the
funds. The Foreign Secretaries shall be the in
charge of funds at their respective level of
committee organizations.
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Article No. 12: Research organizations
The Party shall have the following researchorganizations, which shall perform their functions
in line with the policies of the Party:
(1) Research Council for Agricultural and
Industrial Development;
(2) Research Council for Education, Science and
Technology;
(3) Research Council for Defence,
Communication, Finance and Foreign Affairs;
(4) Research Council for Social Welfare; and
(5) Research Council for Tourism.
(1) Powers and Functions of Research
Councils:
The Research Councils of the Party shall prepare
basic documents in the light of recommendationsof the central and subordinate organs of the Party,
which shall be given formal shape after approval
from the Central Committee. These Councils shall
have all powers which shall be assigned by Central
Committee. Every Council shall have a head of the
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Council with three Research Assistants as its
members. They shall perform their functions for
two years. However, the Central Committee shallhave the power to suspend or relieve the head of
any Council to acquire services of more competent
persons.
Article No 13: Subordinate Organs of Party
The United Kashmir Peoples National Party which
is determined to unite a broader spectrum of the
people, revolutionary communities and different
socio-economic notions, is of the opinion that until
and unless all revolutionary communities and
intellectuals belonging to different socio-economic
segments gather on a single platform to lead the
people, no revolution can be brought about to
bring a just socio-economic change. That is why,
the Party gives due importance to revolutionary
communities and different socio-economic entities
so that it is easy to create harmony, social and
political relationship between the Party and the
people. The basic objective of the each Party
subordinate organ is to individually create
communal and national awareness among the
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people and to devise a comprehensive strategy to
meet their demands and to struggle for the
solution of all other socio-economic problems. Inthis connection, the Party shall establish the
following trade unions:
(1) United Kashmir National Students
Organization
(2) United Kashmir Workers Association
(3) United Kashmir Transport Workers
Association
(4) United Kashmir Teachers Association
(5) United Kashmir Professors Association
(6) United Kashmir Labour Association
(7) United Kashmir Union of Journalists
(8) United Kashmir Bankers Association
(9) United Kashmir Doctors Association
(10)United Kashmir Agricultural Workers
Association
(11)United Kashmir Para-medical Association
(12)United Kashmir Revenue Department
Association
(13)United Kashmir Electricity Department
Association
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(14)United Kashmir Kissan Workers Association
(15)United Kashmir Writers Association
(16)United Kashmir Barber Workers Association(17)United Kashmir Sanitary Workers
Association
(18)United Kashmir Shopkeepers Association;
and
(19) United Kashmir Women Association.
Separate constitution and manifestoes of the
above subordinate organs of the Party shall be
published.
Article No 14: Amendment
Any amendment in the Party constitution shall bemade by two-thirds majority.
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