The Congress wanted Akhand Bharat. Sir, had there been joint Electorate the Congress-Muslim would have returned to the Assembly in the 1946 election and no Pakistan could have been dreamt of. Sir, it will be confirmed by the fact that in the plebiscite that was conducted in the North-West Frontier Province the majority of Muslims voted for Pakistan. Had there been Joint Electorate many of us would not have the privilege to talk with authority here in this House and there would not have been any Pakistan. So, Sir, Separate Electorate is the mother of Pakistan.
Now, Sir. I come to Pakistan itself. Quid-i-Azam was the leader of the whole movement. He came to preside over this country. In March, 1948, Quide-i-Azam came out with these words not very long before his death that Pakistan was the embodiment of the Muslim nation and it must remain so. Sir, arguments are advance that Quid-i-Azam said that the Mussalmans will cease to be Muslims, Hindus cease to be Hindus'. Yes, Sir, it is correct. So far as rights and privileges are concerned, all citizens of Pakistan both Hindusjant Muslims are equal before law. They will get equal protection. That is correct but that does not improve the case of joint electorate.
Sir, my learned friend. Mr. Mujibur Rahman has tried to draw analogy of the other Muslim countries of the world. My reply to his argument is that the background of the creation of Pakistan is unique in the annals of the world. So, you cannot compare Pakistan with any other country of the world. No nation of the world has been curbed out on religious basis. So the question of comparison does not arises, Sir. In Egypt 95 per cent of the people are Muslims. In Iraq the population is 50 Lakhs of which 98 per cent are Muslims. In Lebanon it is not 35 lacs as Mr. Mujibur Rahman has said. It is only 13 lacs of which 7 lacs are Muslims. So, Sir, in the absence of the background of the creation of Pakistan the question of electorate in those countries is no problem. There is reservation in Lebanon. In Syria they have divided the people into different nationalities. Our case is altogether different from those countries. Those countries do not have a neighbour like India by their sides. Take the question of Indonesia. Is there a neighbor like India by their side? Was Indonesia curbed out on religious basis? Was Indonesia curbed out of a country where everybody cried, form Akhand Bharat? No. So, Sir, that analogy cannot stand.
Now, Sir, let us examine what joint Electorate can offer to them. You have already put a seal on the question of electorate in the constitution of Pakistan. The word 'minority' exists nowhere in any constitution of the world, even not in India. What is written there is “backward people". The preamble of the constitution of Pakistan presupposes two nations in the Sub-continent (VOICES of hear, hear from the opposition). In the preamble it is written that adequate provision must be made for the protection of minorities and back- ward and the depressed classes. The word 'minority' presupposes the existence of two nations. Muslim India wanted Pakistan and Hindu India wanted Akhand Bharat. Hindu India included many members of the treasury benches today also. (VOICES from the opposition: yes, yes.). Sir they said 'No, e ao for করা যাবে না, এটা অসম্বভ কথা।’ May I tell you why the congress wanted Joint Electorate? Sir, Pakistan was achieved on Two Nation Theory and the Congress wants to kill the Two Nation Theory. So that India and Pakistan is united. Sir, a responsible Muslim member in the House of Parliament said
