Ambedkar Action Alert: WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTITION OF PUNJAB AND BENGAL

Monday, May 30, 2011

WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTITION OF PUNJAB AND BENGAL - LEAGUE OR CONGRESS?

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From: Syedmuhammad Pasha <syedmuhammadpasha@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, May 30, 2011 at 5:08 PM
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WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTITION OF PUNJAB AND BENGAL - LEAGUE OR CONGRESS?

S.M.PASHA

One who is not well-informed about the events which led to the Partition of India and consequently the creation of Pakistan will hastily come to conclusion and declare that Muslim League which demanded Partition of the country must surely have demanded the partition of the two Provinces (as States were called Provinces during the British Raj) No. It was not so. It was the Congress which demanded Partition and successfully got Bengal and Punjab partitioned whilst at the same time opposing the partition of the country. This write-up is on how the Congress blew hot and cold at the same breathe.

It was on the 5^th of March 1947, the Congress Working Committee met and passed a Resolution demanding the Partition of Punjab. The Resolution, narrating the unpleasant events in Punjab, stated that to avoid compulsion of ant section, Punjab should be divided into two parts so that the pre-dominantly Muslim portion be separated from the predominantly non-Muslim area. This Resolution was officially presented to Lord Wavell the Viceroy (who was on the verge of retirement) on the 9^th of March.

Gandhiji was very shocked and grieved. He wrote letters to Pandit Nehru and Sardar Patel asking them as to how the Working Committee could have made such a preposterous demand. He was shrewd enough to understand where the Resolution would ultimately lead to. Pandit Nehru was unable to decide whether what was done by the Working Committee (of course, with his knowledge and consent) was right or wrong. Hence, he was unable to reply and he did not reply. The Iron Man of India Sardar Patel, on the other hand, sent his reply on the 24^th of March stating: " It is difficult to explain to you the resolution about the Punjab, It was adopted after deepest deliberation. Nothing has been done in a hurry or without full thought. That you have expressed your views against it, we learnt only from the papers. But you are, of course, entitled to say what you feel right. The situation in Punjab is far worse than in Bihar. The Military has taken over control. As a result, on the surface, things seem to have quietened down somewhat. But none can say when there may be a burst-up again. If that happens, I am afraid, even Delhi will not remain unaffected. But here, of course, we shall be able to deal with it…."

Pandit Nehru, being a pucca genteman, was more frank and truthful. He made it clear through his reply that the Congress REPRESENTED ONLY THE NON-MUSLIMS AND NOT THE MUSLIMS SINCE HE STATED THAT THE DEMAND FOR THE PARTITION WAS MADE BECAUSE THE HINDUS AND THE SIKS WANTED IT. In simpler terms. THE WISHES OF MUSLIMS – WHETHER THEY WERE FOR OR AGAINST THE PARTITION WAS OF NO CONSEQUENCE TO THE CONGRESS.

Only an inmate of a lunatic asylum will fail to realize and/or admit that it is illogical and incongruous, to say the least, for the Congress to demand the partition of a Province whilst opposing tooth and nail sans rhyme or reason the partition of the country. Am I wrong?

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