‘Congress responsible for Partition’: CM Yogi says India would be different if Modi were PM in 1947

CM
Yogi
Aditya ath
said
the
Co g ess
had
failed
the
cou t y
by
p io itisi g
political
powe .

NEW
DELHI:
Utta
P adesh
chief
mi iste

Yogi
Aditya ath
has
accused
the
Co g ess
of
bei g
espo sible
fo
I dia’s
Pa titio
a d
the
viole ce
that
followed,
a gui g
that
the
cou t y’s
histo y
could
have
bee
diffe e t
u de
leade s
such
as
Sa da
Vallabhbhai
Patel
o
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi.Speaki g
at
a
eve t
i
Luck ow
ma ki g
Pa titio
Ho o s
Rememb a ce
Day,
CM
Yogi
said
the
Co g ess
had
failed
the
cou t y
by
p io itisi g
political
powe
a d
alleged
that
the
co seque ces
of
Pa titio
co ti ue
to
affect
I dia.“Had
Na e d a
Modi
bee
the
P ime
Mi iste
of
I dia
at
the
time
of
I depe de ce,
obody
would
have
bee
able
to
damage
I dia
i
the
slightest,”
he
was
quoted
as
sayi g
by
ews
age cy
PTI.He
also
i voked
Patel,
sayi g
that
a
leade
of
his
statu e
would
ot
have
allowed
I dia
to
be
divided.“If
a
pe so
like
Sa da
Vallabhbhai
Patel
we e
the
P ime
Mi iste
at
that
time,
obody
would
have
bee
able
to
disi teg ate
I dia
…
The
cou t y
had
to
pay
a
heavy
p ice
fo
the
cowa dice
of
these
Co g ess
membe s
—
a
cha acte
you
all
wit essed
du i g
the
CAA
p otests,”
he
added.Aditya ath
alleged
that
a eas
i cludi g
Si dh,
Pu jab
a d
Be gal
we e
ha ded
ove
to
Pakista
despite
what
he
desc ibed
as
thei
Hi du
a d
egio al
demog aphic
cha acte .

“Be gal
was
Be gali-domi ated.
All
Hi du
villages
we e
fo cibly
give
to
Ba gladesh.
This
shameful
act
was
committed
by
the
Co g ess,
which
was
ext a- estless
fo
powe ,
a d
o
whom
the
cou t y
had
eposed
its
t ust.
It
epaid
that
t ust
with
bet ayal,”
he
said.The
chief
mi iste
also
c iticised
the
Co g ess
ove
its
espo se
to
attacks
o
Hi dus
i
Ba gladesh.
He
alleged
that
the
pa ty
emai ed
sile t
because
it
was
co ce ed
about
losi g
electo al
suppo t.“They
fea ed
that
eacti g
to
the
eve ts
i
Ba gladesh
might
cause
thei
vote
ba k
he e
to
d ift
away.
To
them,
the
mu de
of
Dalit
Hi dus
holds
o
sig ifica ce;
what
matte s
is
thei
ow
vote
ba k,”
he
said.Aditya ath
fu the
a gued
that
i te al
divisio s
based
o
caste,
egio
a d
la guage
had
histo ically
weake ed
I dia
a d
c eated
oppo tu ities
fo
outside
fo ces.“Whe
such
i fighti g
exists,
the
co spi acy
easily
c eeps
i ,”
he
said.He
said
the
co seque ces
of
Pa titio
could
still
be
see
i
the
fo m
of
te o ism,
Naxalism,
Maoism
a d
ext emism.
He
also
questio ed
the
Co g ess’s
claims
about
its
ole
i
I dia’s
f eedom
st uggle
a d
accused
the
pa ty
of
p ese ti g
itself
as
i dispe sable
to
the
c eatio
of
mode
I dia.“This
also
d aws
ou
atte tio
to
the
sile ce
we
have
all
mai tai ed
ega di g
that
p e-1947
co spi acy.
Yet,
eve
today,
these
people
move
befo e
society,
acti g
as
if
they
we e
the
o es
who
c eated
I dia,
a d
that
without
them,
I dia
would
ot
have
come
i to
existe ce.
It
is
a
t uly
st a ge
situatio ,”
he
said,
desc ibi g
Pa titio
as
the
“da kest
chapte
of
huma ity.”Tu i g
to
what
he
desc ibed
as
the
Co g ess’s
political
legacy,
Aditya ath
said
i stitutio s
ac oss
the
cou t y
had
bee
amed
afte
o e
political
family.“Eve y
i stitutio
i
the
cou t y
came
to
bea
the
ame
of
that
ve y
cla .
Eve y
si gle
i stitutio
was
amed
afte
that
cla ,
a d
we
all
stood
by
sile tly,
me ely
watchi g.
What
a e
they
doi g
eve
today?
What
a e
thei
actio s
like
ow?”
he
said.The

UP
Chief
Mi iste
also
defe ded
the

Citize ship
Ame dme t
Act
a d
attacked
the
Co g ess’s
oppositio
to
it.“The e
was
o
justificatio
fo
opposi g
the
act.
The
act
co tai ed
a
p ovisio
ega di g
Afgha ista ,
Pakista ,
a d
Ba gladesh
—
te ito ies
that
we e
o ce
pa t
of
u divided
I dia
a d
sha e
a
he itage
spa i g
thousa ds
of
yea s.
It
stipulated
that
if
a
Hi du,
Sikh,
Jai ,
Buddhist,
Pa si,
o
Ch istia
f om
these
cou t ies
had
bee
fo ced
to
leave
a d
had
sought
efuge
i
I dia
fo
five
yea s,
they
would
be
g a ted
I dia
citize ship,”
he
said.He
a gued
that
the
legislatio
did
ot
p ovide
fo
taki g
away
la d
o
p ope ty
f om
Muslims
o
political
pa ties,
a d
accused
oppo e ts
of
usi g
the
issue
to
p ovoke
p otests.“Nowhe e
did
it
say
that
we
would
seize
la d
belo gi g
to
Muslims,
the
Co g ess,
o
the
Samajwadi
Pa ty.
The e
was
o
such
p ovisio
i
the
Act.
Yet,
attempts
we e
made
to
i cite
agitatio
ac oss
the
cou t y,”
he
said.

Aditya ath
also
ta geted
the
Samajwadi
Pa ty,
claimi g
that
Utta
P adesh
would
have
wit essed
widesp ead
u est
had
it
bee
i
powe
du i g
the
CAA
p otests.“What
ki d
of
u b idled
mayhem
would
have
take
place?
The
iote s
k ew
the
p ice
they
would
have
to
pay,
which
is
why
they
could
ot
act
as
they
pleased;
yet,
thei
audacity
was
evide t,”
he
said.“If
you
wish
to
see
thei
t ue
cha acte ,
you
would
have
wit essed
it
du i g
the
CAA
p otests,
a d
thei
sile ce
ega di g
the
ece t
eve ts
i
Ba gladesh
o ce
agai
puts
them
i
the
dock,”
Aditya ath
said.The
eve t
also
featu ed
a
sile t
ma ch
led
by
Aditya ath
a d
othe
pa ty
leade s
f om
the
statue
of
Sa da
Vallabhbhai
Patel
to
Lok
Bhava ,
acco di g
to
the
Utta
P adesh
gove me t.

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