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{{Infobox Indian political party<br />
|party_name = Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference<br />
|abbreviation = JKPC<br />
|colorcode = {{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference}}<br />
|logo =File:Jkpc1.png<br />
|president = [[Sajjad Gani Lone]]<br />
|chairman = [[Abdul Gani Vakil]]<br />
|secretary = [[Imran Raza Ansari]]<br />
|political adviser = <br />
|loksabha_leader = <br />
|rajyasabha_leader = [[Mir Mohammad Fayaz]]<br />
|foundation = 1978<br />
|founder = [[Abdul Ghani Lone]] [[Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari]]<br />
|merger = <br />
|split = <br />
|merged = <br />
|headquarters = C-4 Church Lane <br />
|publication = <br />
|students = <br />
|youth = [[Youth JKPC]]<br />
|women = [[JKPC Women's Wing]]<br />
|labour = <br />
|peasants = <br />
|membership = <br />
|ideology = [[Autonomy]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] <br />
|international = <br />
|colours = <br />
|position = [[left-wing]]<br />
|eci = <br />
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (2016-2018), [[People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration|PAGD]] (2019-2020)<br />
|national_convener =<br />
|loksabha_seats = 0<br />
|rajyasabha_seats = 0<br />
|state_seats_name = [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|state_seats = {{Composition bar|0|90|hex={{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference}}}}<br />
|state2_seats_name = [[District Development Council]]<br />
|state2_seats = <br />
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|symbol = Apple<br />
|website = {{url|www.jkpc.co.in}}<br />
|flag = <br />
}}<br />
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The '''Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference''' is a political party in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India, founded by [[Abdul Ghani Lone]] and [[Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari]] in 1978.<ref>{{citation |first=Sten |last=Widmalm |title=The Rise and Fall of Democracy in Jammu and Kashmir |journal=Asian Survey |volume=37 |number=11 |date= November 1997 |pages=1005–1030 |jstor=2645738 |ref={{sfnref|Widmalm, The Rise and Fall of Democracy in Jammu and Kashmir|1997}} |doi=10.2307/2645738}}</ref><ref>{{citation |first=Balraj |last=Puri |title=Fundamentalism in Kashmir, Fragmentation in Jammu |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=22 |number=22 |date=30 May 1987 |pages=835–837 |jstor=4377036 |ref={{sfnref|Puri, Fundamentalism in Kashmir, Fragmentation in Jammu|1987}}}}</ref> It is currently led by [[Sajjad Lone]].<ref>Rekha Chowdhary, [http://qz.com/317154/kashmir-election-has-reshaped-language-and-agenda-of-all-parties/ The Kashmir elections have reshaped the language and agenda of all parties], Quartz India, 23 December 2014</ref> It won two seats in the [[Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]] in the [[2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|2014 elections]].<br />
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==History==<br />
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[[Abdul Ghani Lone]] founded the People's Conference in 1977 and it was the only separatist organization registered with the Election Commission of India till 1996. <br />
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In 1993, Lone joined the secessionist Hurriyat Conference. His ideology about Kashmir was to make it an 'Independent Kashmir' after being anti-India as well as anti-Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hurriyat Leader Lone Shot Dead|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/hurriyat-leader-lone-shot-dead/215704|access-date=2020-12-16|website=www.outlookindia.com|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook magazine]]}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Politics of Jammu and Kashmir]] <br />
* [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]<br />
* [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party]]<br />
* [[Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party]]<br />
* [[Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party]]<br />
* [[Ikkjutt Jammu]] <br />
* [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
* [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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