Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee never-never participated in the anti-colonial freedom struggle.
Shamsul Islam
The Hindutva brigade is fond of declaring Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee as great nationalist and patriot who laid down his life for the unity of the nation.
Modi described him as "a statesman, thinker and a patriot who devoted his life towards strengthening national integration".
The Hindutva rhetoric about patriotism of Dr. Mookerjee needs to be cross-checked with the contemporary documents available even in RSS and Hindu Mahasabha archives.
Perusal of these documents clearly shows that the claim that Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee was a 'selfless patriot' and a great patriot right from his birth is a white lie.
Dr Mookerjee never-never participated in the anti-colonial freedom struggle.
If patriotism means being part of the freedom struggle and making sacrifices, Dr Mookerjee not only kept aloof from it but also betrayed it by collaborating with the British rulers and the Muslim League in order to crush and communally polarize the anti-British liberation movement.
S. Islam
June 29,2016 11:22
