mo4ch:>‘Big lapse by our ancestors’: Indian minister says Muslims should have been ‘sent to Pakistan’ & Hindus repatriated in 1947 | Mo4ch News
An Indian minister known for fiery and inflammatory rhetoric has declared that India’s Muslims should have been shipped to Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947, arguing the move would have saved the country a lot of trouble.The controversial comment came from Giriraj Singh, minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries, during a recent address in Purnia. He suggested that widespread unrest over two contentious laws – the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and a proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) – could have been avoided had Indian Muslims been deported to Pakistan when the country was divided from present-day India.“It is the time to commit ourselves to the nation. Before 1947, [Muhammad Ali] Jinnah pushed for an Islamic nation. It was a big lapse by our ancestors that we're paying the price for,” Singh said.If at that time Muslim brothers had been sent there and Hindus brought here, we wouldn’t be in this situation. If [Indians persecuted abroad] don’t get shelte…