MUMBAI: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said that if instead of Mahatma Gandhi, Nathuram Godse had killed Mohamad Ali Jinnah, then “today our country would be united” and that we would not have need to ask the people to observe the Partition Horror Remembrance day.
PM Narendra Modi in his speech on 75th independence day from Red Fort asked people to observe the Partition horror remembrance day. Sanjay Raut in his weekly column said: “When the seeds of partition were sown that time the Mahatma Gandhi was not the leader of the country.
During Lokmanya Tilk time, the Lucknow pack was signed in 1916 that created the separate Sindh region and gave more power to Muslim League. Besides, the Muslims got separately elected representations. So, the intention of Tilak was not to create the hated between two communities, but to pacify and work out the amicable formula to maintain the unity among all caste and religion. But it ended in creating two separate nations,” Raut said.
Raut said that the Hindutva people need to understand once Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India, he immediately cancelled the separate elected presentations to Muslims. “Nehru even cancelled all schemes, subsidies and facilities to give to Muslims. He was also pained when the people across the border was harassed and their houses were burned,” Raut stated.