Congress and Partition

During the course of the debate on the Citizenship Bill, 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah said, “If the Congress had not divided this country on the basis of religion, there would be no need to bring in this bill. As the Congress increased pressure on the British, Jinnah, with the backing of Bengal, Punjab and Sindh, increased Linlithgow’s political interaction with and dependence on the Muslim League. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, predisposed to managing situations through divisions, saw innate merit in supporting Jinnah rather than giving into the Congress’s demands. Failure of the Congress It is also a fact that the Congress failed in persuading either Jinnah to give up his separatist dream or in convincing the British to not help Jinnah take that path. This was probably the turning point when Congress leaders saw no further point fighting the idea that Jinnah had presented, the idea that the British had assiduously foisted and aggressively worked towards.