The All People's Party or ''Sarbadal'' was a

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. The party was founded in

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elites on May 8, 1945. It united different groups that sought to challenge the

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(which the Ahom elites saw as a platform for caste Hindus) in elections. The

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, the

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and the

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took part in the founding of the party. The party sought to mobilise the Kachari, Muttock and Deuri communities, to compete against caste Hindus for political influence. To a large extent, the party represented tea garden labourers. During its initial period, the party demanded that the British colonial government should create a separate Ahom constituency (a demand that was not heeded by the government). The party cooperated with the Muslim League, being united in their opposition against the Congress party. The headquarters of the party were based in

Jorhat Jorhat ( ) is one of the important cities and a growing urban centre in the state of Assam in India. Etymology Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and "Sowkihat" which existed on the opposite ...

. Surendranath Buragohain was the founding general secretary of the party. Soon, however, he left the party.

Muhammed Saadulah Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla KCIE ( as, ছাৰ ছৈয়দ মহম্মদ ছাদুল্লাহ; 21 May 1885 – 8 January 1955) was the Prime Minister of Assam in British India. He was also the chairman of Gauhati Municipalit ...

(leader of the Muslim League) was unanimously elected chairman of ''Sarbadal'' at its founding conference. Another founding member was P.M. Sarwan. As of 1949, Ghana Kanta Gogoi was the general secretary of the party. Following the Independence of India, the party contested the 1952, 1957 and 1962 Assam legislative assembly elections. In each of these elections the party contested three seats. In the 1952 election, running as the 'All People's Party', the party won one seat (Titibar). In total the three candidates of the party mustered 14,930 votes (0.61% of the statewide vote).Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ASSAM
' In the 1951 Lok Sabha election the party fielded one candidate, Nalini Nath Phukan in the Golaghat Jorhat constituency. She obtained 36,851 votes (21.40% of the votes in the constituency).Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA
'' The election symbol of the party was a pair of scales. In the 1957 it ran as 'Sarbadal', losing its presence in the assembly. In 1967 it ran as 'Sarbadal Sramik Sabha', but was unable to win any seat.

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