Congress solely responsible for Partition: BJP


New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS): Hitting back at Jairam Ramesh, the BJP on Sunday said that the Congress and its top leadership are the true parent of Pakistan. The BJP also said that the Congress can't hide its malfeasance, and not face the horrors of Partition, a tragedy it is solely responsible for.

In a series of tweets, Congress general secretary Ramesh said that the tragedy of Partition cannot be misused to fuel hate and prejudice. "The truth is Savarkar originated 2 nation theory and Jinnah perfected it," Ramesh stated.

Responding to Ramesh, BJP in-charge of national information and technology department Amit Malviya said, The two nation theory was first propounded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University, who gave the idea back in 1876, much before Savarkar was even born (1883). Savarkar and the Hindu Mahasabha were in fact opposed to idea of Partition, till the very end."

He said "Savarkar had even opposed the Bengal partition in 1905 and organised the country's first boycott of foreign goods in Pune, in protest. He had been warning the Congress against capitulating to the Muslim League demand of Partition right from 1937." Malviya noted that Hussein Suhrawardy, responsible for the Direct Action killings in Bengal, Sarat Chandr Bose and Kiron Shankar Roy demanded a united sovereign Bengal which would neither go to India nor Pakistan but remain independent with Muslim League Government and remain a Muslim majority province.

"It was Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee who pointed out how it was a ruse to ensure that Bengal eventually, through the Muslim League's majority in the Assembly, would opt to merge with Pakistan. Hence he put forward the demand of dividing Bengal so that the Hindu majority districts opt to vote for staying with India as the province of West Bengal. Interestingly in this he received full support of Gandhi, Sardar Patel and top Congress leadership including BPPC led by Dr B.C. Roy and S.M. Ghose. He had succeeded in making them see through Jinnah's machinations," he said.

Malviya mentioned that it was the Congress that readily accepted the Partition demands proposed by Sir Stafford Cripps in March 1942, as Nehru was given the lucrative offer of joining the Viceroy's War Cabinet as Defence Minister. "Country's integrity mattered less than the personal ambition of Nehru," he said.

Malviya further mentioned that as early as April 1942 CWC resolution in Delhi conceded the division of India. The BJP leader said, "Rajagopalachari even got the Madras legislature to pass a resolution favouring Pakistan even before Jinnah had made a formal demand. The Congress and its top leadership are the true parent of Pakistan." "The Congress therefore can't hide its malfeasance and not face the Horrors of Partition, a tragedy, it is solely responsible for. Ignoring our past, however uncomfortable, is a disservice to those who suffered. Partition Horrors Remembrance Day is a day to stand in solidarity," Malviya added.

  

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  • Deshbhakt, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 14 2022

    You forget what is in the bush, cherish what is in hand. But no, BJP will auction even that is in hand. If BJP wins in 2014, citizens will be burdened with various additional taxes to come out of the bankruptcy the nation currently is in and if BJP washes it's hands off, the next government has a blackhole of debts to face.

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  • Deshbhakt, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 14 2022

    Congress is solely responsible to give rich India with 8.5 GDP to Modi govt on May 16 2014 and BJP is solely responsible to bring the nation to it's knees with negative GDP.

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  • Vinod Kumar, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 14 2022

    Partition wouldn’t have happened if Britishers denied support from traitor Jan Sangha (then RSS). Jan Sangha were boot licking slaves of britishers and offered mercy petition to britishers agreeing to all terms and conditions of britishers and to kill congress freedom fighters to weaken the freedom movement of united India.

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  • mohan prabhu, mangalore/canada

    Sun, Aug 14 2022

    Let Truth be told, and prevail. Satyameva Jayathe!

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  • Surendra Poojari, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 14 2022

    For BJP to hide it's failures, comments on Nehru is a must. Religion/Pakistan/Nehru is main agenda for BJP rather than economy, peace and prosparity of people.

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