Sheikh Abdullah and his colleagues were greatly influenced by the lectures of a Kashmiri lawyer Molvi Abdullah.
Kashmirs first Political Party the Muslim Conference with Sheikh Abdullah as President, was formed on 16 October 1932. In his presidential address Sheikh Abdullah categorically stated that the Muslim Conference had come intoexistence to struggle for the rights of all oppressed sections of the society and not Muslims alone. It was not a communal party and would struggle for the rights of the oppressed, whether Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh, with the same inerest. He reasserted that the struggle of Kashmiris was not a communal struggle.
In March 1933 the Muslim Conference constituted a committee which included Molvi Abdullah and nine other members for the purpose of establishing contacts with non Muslim parties and exploring the possibility of forming a joint organisation. This effort was not successful because of the unfavourable reception of the idea by the non Muslim parties.
