Under the frenzy Hindutva agenda of BJP government, first, the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A and then the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act—blatant anti-Muslims moves—India is leading towards chaos and the extremist regime of Modi seems to be hoisted with its own petard. And, this consequently is giving rebirth to the Quaid Azam’s Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s two-nation theory in India.
Those Muslims who were against Jinnah’s movement for a separate Muslim state are now realising their mistake. Briefly, he united a scattered mass into a cohesive block with one voice and one flag where they could achieve political, religious and economic freedom by ridding themselves of Hindu dominance and repression. Those who realised this truth include Mehbooba Mufti, a former chief minister of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, who recently tweeted: ‘Decision of Jammu and Kashmir leadership to reject two-nation theory in 1947 and align with India has backfired’.
Such faith-related malicious shenanigans to marginalise Muslims is making India an apartheid state like Israel. India’s akhand Bharat expansionism move is a vivid replication of Israel’s Zionism. In 1971, after fall of Dhaka, Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi had boasted when she said: “Today, we’ve sunk Jinnah’s two-nation theory in the Bay of Bengal”.
But, contrary to her whim, life has come full circle. Given the nationwide riots and protestations across India post-CAA and evident remorse of Indian Muslims over their opposition to Jinnah’s theory vindicate our great Quaid’s vision and theory and shrieking that ‘Quaid was right’…!
Zahid Ali Behram
Gilgit-Baltistan