Savarkar Pitched 2-Nation Theory Before Jinnah: Congress’s Bhupesh Baghel2Photo© dnaindia.com

Savarkar Pitched 2-Nation Theory Before Jinnah: Congress’s Bhupesh Baghel

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RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday claimed that Hindu Mahasabha leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was the first proponent of the two-nation theory and the idea was later taken forward by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the late founder of Pakistan.

The Congress leader was speaking at a function on Nehru's 55th death anniversary organised at the party's state headquarters 'Rajiv Bhawan' in Raipur. "Savarkar, who was a leader of the Hindu Mahasabha, had sown the seed of division of the country which was later implemented by Muhammad Ali Jinnah," he had said.

He also added that it is a historical fact that in Hindu Mahasabha, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had proposed that Hindustan should be independent as two nations. "He had put forth the demand of two nations on religious ground and Muhammad Ali Jinnah implemented it. It is a fact and no one can prove it wrong."