New Delhi, August 14: Hitting back at Jairam Ramesh, the BJP on Sunday said that the Congress and its top leadership are the true parents of Pakistan. The BJP also said that Congress can’t hide its malfeasance, and not face the horrors of Partition, a tragedy it is solely responsible for.
In a series of tweets, Congress general secretary Ramesh said that the tragedy of Partition cannot be misused to fuel hate and prejudice. “The truth is Savarkar originated 2 nation theory and Jinnah perfected it,” Ramesh stated.
Responding to Ramesh, BJP in-charge of national information and technology department Amit Malviya said, The two nation theory was first propounded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University, who gave the idea back in 1876, much before Savarkar was even born (1883). Savarkar and the Hindu Mahasabha were in fact opposed to the idea of Partition, till the very end.”
He said “Savarkar had even opposed the Bengal partition in 1905 and organized the country’s first boycott of foreign goods in Pune, in protest. He had been warning the Congress against capitulating to the Muslim League demand of Partition right from 1937.”
