leaders thrown up by this disruptive design, en-
couraged religious aggression, developed a technique
of making every grievance, real or imaginary, a lever
to rouse the defensive instincts of the community
against the Hindus.
(2)
When the Congress broke with the British in
1939, Disruption which was no more than a bare idea
was exploited by the British to create an obstacle,
which now has assumed a sinister shape.
Mr. Jinnah has in his letters to Gandhiji given us
an idea of what its latest phase means.
First, the Muslims of India are a separate Nation,,
and the Nation has an inherent right of self-determi-
nation.
Secondly, Sind, Baluchistan, N. W. F., Punjab,
Bengal and Assam as they are now, are Muslim home-
lands, subject to minor territorial adjustments with-
out any regard to the crores of Hindus who are resi-
dents of these provinces and irrespective of the fact
whether as in Assam they are a majority. This atti-
tude logically implies that a dozen Mussalmans in
any corner of India are part of a Nation which sprawls
across the whole continent; that these dozen, even iŁ
they be near Cape Comorin, have a right to determin-
ing what they should do with any part of the country
even if it be predominantly Hindu; and that in deter-
mining whether any part of this country should be
under Muslim control, the non-Muslim, inhabiting;
their territory, has no right even to be consulted.
Thirdly, it makes a sweeping claim that the Mus-
lims historically, ethnically or culturally have noth-
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