more-inThe controversy over Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s portrait at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh is partly contrived and partly genuine. At the same time, the demand for the removal of Jinnah’s portrait sounds reasonable to many secular Indians, both Hindus and Muslims, who hold him principally responsible for Partition. But in the final analysis, Jinnah’s and the Muslim League’s culpability was greater than that of any other leader or party. In 1940, the Jinnah-led All India Muslim League renounced the primary goal for which it was founded. In fact, Jinnah’s portrait should have been removed from AMU not in 1947 but on March 23, 1940, when the Muslim League adopted the Pakistan resolution that demanded the division of India and of Indian Muslims.

Source: The Hindu May 08, 2018 18:46 UTC