Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut likens India’s partition to situation in Afghanistan
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday likened India’s partition to the current situation in Afghanistan and stated it reminds individuals of the ache of the destruction of a rustic’s existence and sovereignty.
In his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut additionally stated if Nathuram Godse had killed Jinnah, “who was responsible for creating Pakistan”, as an alternative of Mahatma Gandhi, the partition might have been averted and there would have been no want for observing August 14 as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’.
“The situation in Afghanistan reminds us of what is the pain of the destruction of a country’s existence and sovereignty,” the Marathi each day’s government editor stated. Raut in contrast India’s partition to the present situation in Afghanistan the place, he stated, its troops “ran away”.
“How can the pain of partition be eased unless the part which was broken away is included back? There will be no peace of mind. Even though we feel an ‘Akhand Hindustan’ should happen, it doesn’t look possible. But, hope is eternal. If PM Narendra Modi wants an ‘Akhand Hindustan, he is welcome. He should also speak about what he plans to do about 11 crore Muslims from Pakistan,” he stated.
The advocates of ‘Akhand Hindustan’ had accepted the concept of the Muslim League and two-nation concept and didn’t struggle in opposition to it, he stated whereas quoting Marathi author Narhar Kurundkar on the problem. Raut stated Mahatma Gandhi was not in lively politics when a system of separate Muslim voters was launched by the British.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru abolished the system of separate Muslim voters and particular perks for them when India gained freedom, stated the Sena chief, whose celebration shares energy with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra.
He additionally stated Muslim leaders had left the Congress when Gandhi refused their unreasonable calls for.
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