Winston Churchill wasn’t in favour of granting independence to India. In one of his speech in the House of Commons in 1947 he had feared that power would pass into the hands of rascals freebooters, rogues and men of low calibre who will have sweet tongues but silly heartsThey would fight among themselves and India would be lost in political squabbles.
The above mentioned remarks of the second World War British hero amounted to a sweeping statement but let us admit that they weren’t far wrong. Granted that the sub-continent was blessed with some leaders like Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Gandhi, Nehru, Abul Qalam Azaad, to mention a few, and their likes, who had no peer when it came to integrity but they were a few noble exceptions. Most of the leaders that followed after the demise of the Quaid-e-Azam and Shaheed-e-Millat in this country certainly answered to the description of Churchill.
This country has witnessed eras of the military rulers, politicians as well as religious chieftains. All of them disappointed the nation. There wasn’t much difference in their approach to the issues faced by the country. They proved themselves shortsighted and didn’t plan for timely solving the problems that stare us in the face today.
The CJP has been pinpointing problems of urgent nature being faced by the people of this country and most of them relate to lack of good governance. His off-the-cuff remarks , in point of fact, tantamount to a charge sheet against all those rulers of this country who have been ruling the roost since 1980, to be more specific.
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