http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050609/asp/nation/story_4845560.asp
If any one who should be annoyed by Lalji?s (Advani) remark, it should
be the Congress,? George Fernandes said in Guwahati. Quoting veteran
politicians and historians, Fernandes said it was Jawaharlal Nehru and
the Congress who were responsible for the country?s division.
It was the Congress?s ?betrayal? which had forced Jinnah to demand a
separate nation on the basis of religion.
?It was in 1935 that the Congress and Jinnah?s party entered into an
agreement to jointly contest in the ensuing elections and to form a
government together. But after the elections, Nehru backtracked from
the earlier promise,? Fernandes said.
This development, he added, had pushed Jinnah out of secular politics.
Fernandes also called for a national debate on the issue.
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Regards,
Carlos
halur rasho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
If Jinnah was secular, Pakisan would not exist. Or else the two-nation
theory
is highest form of secularism? And why two-nation theory? Was Jinnah
prejudiced
against Christians? If he was secular, he would have demanded a
seperate
country for Indian christians too
On 09/06/05, sandeep heble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
................., Mr. Advani reportedly described Jinnah as
``a great man'' who had espoused the cause of "secular
Pakistan".........
