LAHORE: “The time has certainly arrived when Sikh and Muslims should sit round a table to find a solution to their political problems,” declared Mr. Feroze Khan Noon in a Press interview today [March 10].
He said: “If there is a strong and independent demand from a majority of Sikhs for a division of the Punjab, they will find that there will be a good response from the Muslim side for satisfying their legitimate aspirations. I am almost certain … that if these two could agree, the Punjab Hindus would welcome this pleasant change in the political atmosphere. … What we want is peace and prosperity for the Punjab, a province which is the homeland of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, all combined together. …
“It appears that the Congress Working Committee in Delhi have passed a resolution demanding a partition of the Punjab in the belief that the Punjab Musalmans will dislike the idea and accept Akhand Hinduism at the Centre. … Thinking Sikhs already know that if there is a partition of this nature, the Sikhs in the Eastern Punjab will in due course all be absorbed in the Congress Party… .”
Published in Dawn, March 11th, 2022
