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| Partition the first Congress derailment : BJP | | |
Dehradun, Sep 7 Grudgingly conceding that the Congress and
independence struggle had become 'synonymous', the BJP today said
that partition of the country was the first derailment of Congress
which had vowed not to allow the division of the country at any
cost.
In a booklet titled 'Vande Mataram' released at the function
organised to sing the national song ahead of the National Executive,
the BJP said that when the nation was fighting the British, the
Indian National Congress which was leading the national struggle had
'no colour'. Thousands and lakhs of people thronged in the support
of the national cause at the call of Mahatma Gandhi. Those who had
made supreme sacrifices including personalities like Shaheed-e-Azam
Sardar Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were not Congressmen.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose who waged a war against the British
though was a Congressman had left that party but sacrificed his life
for the freedom of the country.
The first derailment from its avowed objective of nationalism
occured when Congress leaders who had declared not to allow the
country to be divided at all costs surrendered to the 'communal
pressure' of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and the purely communal Muslim
League. "They meekly surrendered to Jinnah", the booklet said.
Mahatma Gandhi declared that Pakistan would be built over his
body but so infatuated were the Congress leaders by the beauty of
power, that they refused to wait any longer for consummating their
marriage with power. "It was the first instance when the Congress
timidly surrendered before communalism. The Congress had then
made the mighty spirit of nationalism to lay prostrate before the
threat of Muslim League. It was the first compromise of Congress and
because of this folly, India did not win her freedom", Mr Prakash
Jha, the editor of the BJP lamented in his editorial. |
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