Pakistan will be destroyed. It is a fantastic idea without any valid ground. Sir, much abuses have been hurled on us, the Congressmen, in so vociferous a language as carries its own weakness. Sir, I have got to tell you. that we here believe that Pakistan was created on account of the demand of the Muslims, and the Congress of India stressed that there was one nation throughout India and for the unity. Congressmen opposed partition; but ultimately the Congress yielded and they agreed to the creation of Pakistan. If the Congress had not agreed, there would have been no Pakistan. They agreed and Pakistan was created. (Cries of “No, No. We fought out Pakistan."). Yes, you Ibught out Pakistan. That cannot be denied. So, we who have remained in Pakistan, feel it our moral duty to see that Pakistan should emerge as a country to take its rightful place in the Comity of Nations. And Sir, I feel in my heart of hearts that Pakistan was justified. When I took round, I find that the administration is being mainly manned and run by the Muslims. I feel that my Muslim brethren are really coming into their own. When I see there very many young men going about with a glow of great enthusiasm in their activities and even going abroad in large number for higher education, I feel that the creation of Pakistan was justified. Whether Pakistan is being managed in a good way or in a badway or in an indifferent way, that is quite another matter. But Pakistan has come and Pakistan will stay. Nobody can dispute that. It has been said that those who want Joint Electorate want to unite East Pakistan with West Bengal. I submit, Sir, that it is only mere imagination and fiction. There cannot be any union between West Bengal and East Bengal Pakistan that they so glibly talk about.
Now, Sir, in one of the debates in the Constituent Assembly when this was asserted by the then Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammad Ali of Bogra, my friend Mr. Bhupendra Datta said to Mr. Mohammad Ali, “You go to your elder brother (meaning Mr. Nehru) and make a present of Pakistan in a platter of gold and see what he does.” So, that is the position. It is only misleading the people when they say that there is the intention of bringing about an annexation of East Pakistan with West Bengal. I say that, that is a fantastic idea.
Now Sir, with regard to the historical backgrounds, I referred to earlier I shall point out certain inaccuracies. It has been said that the Quaid-i-Azam always wanted Separate Electorate for Pakistan. It is not so. Sir. I had the privilege of associating myself with Quaid-i-Azam in the Indian Legislative Assembly from 1935 to 1937. At the time when he discussed the mailer in a convention on the Nehru Report on India's claim for selfGovernment in the Congress Session, 1928, I came to know his mind. He clearly said in some of his speeches, “I am not wedded to Separate Electorate.” That was in 1927. Four years after that, after the formation of his well known 14-points, addressing the U.P. Conference at Allahabad on the 8th of August, 1931, just when the Constitutional proposals to be embodied in the Government of India Act of 1935 were being considered, he said, “The next question that arises is one of Separate Electorate versus Joint Electorate. I myself believe that if majority is conceded in the Punjab and Bengal. I would personally prefer a settlement on the basis of Joint Electorate.” He added, “My position is that I would rather have a settlement even on the fooling of Separate
