Incorrect.
Indian Union Muslim League did NOT opt for India. The founder of IUML was Muhammad Ismail. He was the Madras president of Jinnah's Muslim league.All his 30 seats voted for Pakistan.After partition,he stayed back in India to run local Muslim league on Jinnah's advice
Indian Union Muslim League did NOT opt for India. The founder of IUML was Muhammad Ismail. He was the Madras president of Jinnah's Muslim league.All his 30 seats voted for Pakistan.After partition,he stayed back in India to run local Muslim league on Jinnah's advice
For more on IUML, read this thread
When asked why he voted for Pakistan and broke United India when he himself was an Indian Muslim living in post partition India, IUML founder Mohammad Ismail said- "the creation of Pakistan is beneficial not only to Muslims of Pakistan, it is also beneficial to Muslims of India"
Mohammad Ismail, founder of IUML (the party which is the ally of Rahul Gandhi in his Wayanad seat) celebrated the creation of Pakistan. He said-
"The Muslims of India are proud of having achieved Pakistan. A Muslim is always a Muslim. A Muslim first and a Muslim last"
"The Muslims of India are proud of having achieved Pakistan. A Muslim is always a Muslim. A Muslim first and a Muslim last"
Screenshots excerpted from the book "The Political Evolution of Muslims in Tamilnadu and Madras, 1930-1947" , Orient Longman Press, Ecole des hautes en sciences sociales, paris(1997)
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