NAWABZADA Liaquat Ali Khan, Honorary Secretary, All-India Muslim League, in a statement says that the demand for Pakistan today is not based only on the fear of the Hindu majority at the Centre, but it is the urge of a nation to mould its national life in accordance with its own ideals and culture, says an A.P.I. report from New Delhi. This urge cannot be satisfied, he adds, without having full sovereignty which necessarily implies full control over all departments of State… .

The following is the full text of the statement:- Rashtrapati Abul Kalam Azad has issued a long statement to the Press opposing the Muslim demand of Pakistan. There is nothing new in the reasons and arguments that he has advanced. … The Rashtrapati, sitting comfortably in the lap of Hindu Capitalism, is shedding crocodile tears for the future of the 100 million Indian Muslims if they succeed in getting an Independent Sovereign State of their own… . Thank God, the Muslim nation has reached political manhood and it is not likely to be taken in by such devices. Everybody knows that he is but an echo of his masters’ voice… .”

Published in Dawn, April 17th, 2021