Saying that Muslims were not responsible for India’s partition as they had no voting rights, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said partition happened because of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
Congress and leaders of that time were responsible for partition, added Owaisi. "I challenge people of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) who do not read (history). Partition did not happen due to Muslims but due to Jinnah. At that time, only those Muslims could vote who were influential like nawabs or degree holders. Congress and leaders of that time were responsible for partition,” Mr Owaisi said at a public gathering.
This comes a day after Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief OP Rajbhar's statement that said there would have been no partition if Mohammed Ali Jinnah had been made the first Prime Minister of India. Mr Rajbhar further blamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the historic event of India’s partition. It should be noted that Samajwadi Party and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) have allied ahead of the Uttar Pradesh 2022 Assembly elections.
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"Had Jinnah been made the first Prime Minister of India, the country's partition wouldn't have happened. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is responsible for India's partition and not Jinnah. The state of dispute was created by the Sangh itself," stated SBSP chief OP Rajbhar in Varanasi on Wednesday.
The Hyderabad MP slammed the Kasganj incident. "Kasganj incident is before you...Altaf's father was told that his son died by suicide in the Police station by hanging himself from a 2.5 ft high water tap with the help of a string in his hoodie. Kasganj Police killed him. You do not know to investigate but to murder,” he said.
The Jinnah controversy sparked after SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said in the same breath that Jinnah, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru all were freedom fighters.
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"Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah studied in the same institute and became barristers. They helped (India) get freedom and never backed away from any struggle," Yadav said on the 146th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 146th on October 31.