Re: Who is a communal/religious/racist leader - Jinnah or Gandhi
Jinnah was NOT fighting for a huge shift in demographics. He may have wanted a gradual shift constituted of those who choose to move to Pakistan. He did not intend for the Hindus to be kicked out of Pakistan nor for the Muslims to be kicked out of India. It wasnt his intent to convince anyone either. He simply wanted a Muslim majority state made up of those states which already were a Muslim majority. Whether people wanted to come or not was thir own perogative.
I think Jinnah was a hardcore secualr nationalist… At that time he did not see himself as a leader of Indian Muslims, he didnt even see himself as a Muslim to be frank. He was actually offended when Gandhi referered to him as a Mohamadan.. People have said that he drank and may have even eaten pork… He really didnt fit the mould of a typical Muslim leader, that why Mullahs went agaisnt him.