Majlis Bachao Tahreek flays BJP stand on Liberation Day

Chanchalguda: The Majlis Bachao Tahreek (MBT) has strongly condemned the BJP for its attempts to incite communal feelings in the name of 'Liberation Day Celebrations.'

MBT spokesperson Amjedullah Khan in a media statement advised the BJP leaders to first study the real history of Hyderabad before coming up with baseless theories and contentions. "Hyderabad-Deccan was ruled by Qutub Shahis, Moghals and then Asaf Jahi kings, and not a single ruler was outsider.

All of them were born and brought up in India. Hyderabad was among hundreds of other princely States which were independent till August 1947. This was the last State to merge with the Indian Union. When Hyderabad was already a part of India for centuries, then who got liberated on September 17, 1948?" he asked.

While referring to the Pandit Sundar Lal Committee, Amjed Ullah Khan said BJP leaders should also admit of 'massacre of Muslims' from 14th to 17th September, 1948. He said that the Committee, which visited the Marathwada, Bidar and Gulbarga during November-December 1948, not only confirmed the massacre but gave a detailed account in its report.

"Muslim families, who lived in border districts of Hyderabad State, lost their relatives, properties and honour in the 'Police Action'. They migrated to Hyderabad and lived in refugee camps. Those employed with Nizam Government were removed from services for no reasons.

According to a survey done in 1962, almost 28 per cent of Muslim rickshaw-pullers in Hyderabad were former employees of the Nizam government and 10 per cent were skilled workers who had lost their jobs during the 1950s," Amjed Ullah Khan said. He demanded that the BJP leaders also accept these realities when they talk about 'Liberation Day'.