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Congress regime no one can entertain any doubt as to the position of millions of Untouchables who had the misfortune to be ruled by the Congress Government in this province in common with some others. If Mr. Jinnah and the Muslims can prove five out of 100 cases of oppression, I am prepared to place 100 out of 100 cases before any impartial tribunal, I, therefore, am anxious more than Mr. Jinnah can ever be, for the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate the cases of tyranny and oppression by the Congress Government.

“Although the oppressors, so far as the Untouchables are concerned, are Hindus, I can assure my Hindu friends that this is not an Anti-Hindu move, it is Anti-Congress, and, therefore, purely political. If attack on the Congress is interpreted by the Hindus as an attack on them, they have to thank themselves then for the consequences. It proves two things, that the Congress is a Hindu body and that the Hindus are attached to the Congress and are not prepared to put that organization on its trial.” [1]

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1 : The Times of India, Tuesday, 19-12-1939, P-9

Reprinted : Khairmode, Vol. 9, Pp. 12-13.