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by Vijaya Kumar on Jun 08, 2005 12:16 AM

I am not sure what is the point in this article. What if Musharaff inaugurates mosques in India? They come up all the time, if the President of Pakistan wants to open one, that should be fine-how is it going to cause problems? Jinna in fact never expected that the country would be so easily divided. Actually when he came to Hyderabad, in private circles he said, the slogan of Pakistan was only a bargaining chip and not a movement. It is the weak top brass which was mostly Hindu that partitioned India. I think Nehru was afraid that Jinn will become the Prime minister and hastened the division. Jinna was hardly a fanatic Muslim as Advani a fanatic Hindu. Advani is more religious than Jinna but by no means a fanatic as you imply. For one to be fanatic, one need not be religious. Jinna used his religious card for political gain and got more than he bargained for. Vijaya Kumar
P.S. I do not think you have any qualification to comment on Savarkar.

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