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| Farooq selectively quotes from history to rouse communal passions: Brig Gupta | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 4: The communal harmony that prevails in Jammu region is increasingly becoming an eyesore for the valley-centric political parties whose leaders are trying to disturb the already fragile harmony through their provocative speeches thus contributing to the nefarious designs of our hostile neighbor who has made repeated attempts in the past to initiate communal riots, lamented Brigadier Anil Gupta, State Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Taking serious exception to the statement of Dr Abdullah, in which he blamed the nationalist leaders like Sardar Patel and Maulana Azad for the partition of India and praised Jinnah, Brig Gupta said that through selective quoting from history Farooq was not only trying to please his vote bank but also triggering communal passions.
Dr Farooq referred to Cabinet Mission which visited India in 1946 but conveniently ignored to tell his audience that the demand for Pakistan was made by Jinnah much earlier in 1940, known as "Lahore Resolution", calling for the creation of "separate states"-plural not singular-to accommodate Indian Muslims whom he argued were a separate "nation", clarified Brig Gupta. While there was a mass movement against the British Rule in 1942 called "Quit India" movement, Jinnah's Muslim League allied with the British in exchange for future political safeguards and did not join the movement but nationalist Muslim leaders like Maulana Azad were jailed by the British.
The timing and venue of such a statement from Dr Farooq Abdullah is intriguing in which he tried to pitch the minority versus the majority, said Brig Gupta. |
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