---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ravinder Singh <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:49 PM Subject: Democracy, Jaswant, Jinnah and Gandhi To:
Democracy, Jaswant, Jinnah and Gandhi I am glad Jaswant Singh has raised valid questions about partition of India and the roles of Gandhi and Jinnah. Going through Gandhi letters and biography running in to hundreds of pages I didn’t find anything that would qualify him for the title of Mahatma when he was no better than any other politician. I didn’t find MKS walking through perpetual draught hit regions of India and appealing to moneylenders and traders, hoarding food making 200% to 500% profits, to cut back their profit margins to reasonable level when millions were dieing of starvation – the most cruel way. Similarly I believe RSS was founded to protect and promote traders and moneylenders. RSS too never had poor hungry and starving in mind in, supporting Traders and Moneylenders and Exploiters that I sometimes refer as Banias Class. Every time some freedom movement was initiated Gandhi would sabotage it at the earliest opportunity. Gandhi’s Satyagrah was a fraud – he unethically removed everyone who could potentially challenge his leadership. Freedom Fighters like Bhagat Singh were dishonored by him, Jinnah, Ambedkar and most qualified to lead India Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose were eased out in dirty manner. Even Bhoodan movement was started by Vinoba Bhave after partition. His experiments with women and closeness to traders or Banias was never appreciated even within Congress. But worse of all was his ideas of Industrial Development of India. Gandhi led Swadeshi Movement to boycott foreign goods was intended to keep angry, hungry and starving busy, was followed by young and poor – none of the rich traders or businessman boycotted foreign goods. Against industrial and military might of rulers, his weapon Charkha kept hungry and agitated masses indoor and traders and moneylender were thus secure when in Russia every single Trader and Moneylender was butchered. Communist movement was very strong in India. Congress and RSS were covertly protecting Trading or Bania class and were not serious in overthrowing alien rulers. Even today both are bending rules left and right to illegally enrich a few families – there is no voice in parliament to oppose RIL except Mulayam Singh against high price charged by RIL that would translate in to Rs.6 to Rs. 8 per unit of electricity to consumers. Gandhi didn’t seek self rule when Britain was encircled by Germany and its shipping lines were torpedoed. Not just that Gandhi actually opposed any assault on British when they were most vulnerable. Democracy Jaswant Singh is right in suggesting India could have emerged as a free Union of States than centrally administered nation that eventually led to partition. But I wonder why Constitution of India was not finalized before partition, that would have inspired confidence in Jinnah faction, with adequate safeguards to protect rights of minorities and guarantee equal opportunity to all avoiding partition. Jaswant Singh may write another book on this now that he is free from political responsibilities. Democracy is most unsuitable for fractured society like India. Foreign rulers were also smart and regularly offered carrot in the form of democratically constituted local and provincial governments bitterly fought like today. Democracy is very cruel to unfair leaders and equally unfair electorate. When people vote on communal lines minorities get no representation. Many provinces in pre partition didn’t get a single minority candidate elected. Just like Advani after losing the election blamed Faulty Voting Machines losers felt cheated and believed they would be under perpetual rule of victors. Apprehensions of the people were correct as we have seen no one is ready to adhere to any ethics in democracy. Eighty plus Deputy Prime Minister after his party lost elections under his leadership twice in five years, enacted drama of resigning but soon asserted he will complete full tenure as Leader of Opposition. Jinnah and his Muslim followers could not foresee a third of them left behind in India after partition would keep out of power Hardliner Party for 56 out 62 years. Even the 1998 win was brought about by false promises to farmers and poor and every day of its six year rule it enriched few trading families. It had badly lost two elections – second even more badly. All the time this Hardliner Party spit venom against minorities but its maximum tally in 14 elections was 33% seats and 25% votes in Parliament that has now reduced to 25% seats and 18% votes. Hardliner Party had to align with 22 other smaller local parties to form government for one full term at the center. It was not Jinnah or Gandhi but Democracy that ignited Communal Hatred fueled by local leaders who either tasted power or lost power. Surely Jinnah and Gandhi could have controlled “Democracy” and adopted free India as Union of States than centrally dominated Federal Government. There were so many areas dominated by major communities. There is no doubt Jinnah comes out much cleaner in politics than Gandhi who was immigration agent until 1915. His reluctance to honor freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, conflict with stalwarts like Netaji Subhash Chander Bose and BR Ambedkar, his experiment with women and closeness to Traders and Money lenders didn’t impress Jaswant Singh, a Rajput Soldier who prefer clean fight face to face than petty mindedness and back stabbing Bose and Ambedkar. Jaswant knew all above and wanted to open his heart – but was not allowed by his political affiliations. He will have to write again to clear up historical facts. 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