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 mentioned it reminds folks 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 mentioned if Nathuram Godse had killed Jinnah, “who was responsible for creating Pakistan”, as a substitute of Mahatma Gandhi, the partition may 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 day by day’s govt editor mentioned. Raut in contrast India’s partition to the present situation in Afghanistan the place, he mentioned, 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 mentioned.
The advocates of ‘Akhand Hindustan’ had accepted the thought of the Muslim League and two-nation idea and didn’t struggle in opposition to it, he mentioned whereas quoting Marathi author Narhar Kurundkar on the difficulty. Raut mentioned Mahatma Gandhi was not in energetic 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, mentioned the Sena chief, whose occasion shares energy with the NCP and Congress in Maharashtra.
He additionally mentioned Muslim leaders had left the Congress when Gandhi refused their unreasonable calls for.
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