14—The Unworthy Successors

14—The Unworthy Successors
Before proceeding with my memoirs, I find it necessary here to go back to the last days in the world, of the Founder of Pakistan.
There is general agreement on the undeniable truth that the struggle for the creation of Pakistan had not been basically a struggle for freedom from the yoke of the British Rule. That struggle was common for the entire population of the sub-continent.
The roots of that struggle went back to Plasi and Sarangapatam. And because of the need for that struggle, Mohammad Ali Jinnah had at one time been President of both, the All India Muslim League, and the National Congress. It was when it was realised by the Muslims of the sub-continent, that their principal opponent had been and were the Hindu majority of the sub-continent that the need for the creation of Pakistan took roots in the Muslim mindset. The actual oppression experienced at the hands of the British, was suddenly regarded as nothing compared to the feared suppression by the Hindus majority of the Faith regarded by the Muslims as dearer than life.
The great Quaid in his interview to the famous British author Beverly Nichols in 1943 (published in the book Verdict on India) made the philosophy behind the struggle for the creation of Pakistan, quite clear.
Beverly Nichols asked: Why Pakistan?
Quaid-i-Azam gave a simple answer: Because We are a Nation.
Beverly Nichols asked: “Will Pakistan have Muslim Shariah Laws?”
Quaid-i-Azam replied: “Give me one good reason it shouldn’t. Why should Muslims not adopt the Laws of their own Faith?”
Beverly asked: Can’t Hindus and Muslims live together?
“No,” was the Quaid’s blunt reply. “The Hindus worship cows whereas the Muslims slaughter and eat them.”
Those who cheat themselves into believing that M.A. Jinnah had secular longings, should read Verdict On India by Beverly Nichols.