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It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
“Though, it can be argued that he was right to not take it up at the time, in order to reassure the Muslims who had decided to stay back in India that their faith was welcomed. Nehru and his government were up against a difficult political context—its election had followed unprecedented physical and mental violence. Perhaps Nehru and Ambedkar felt it safer to proceed with reforms in the Hindu Personal Laws at the time.”
This, in my view, is the correct explanation for why Pandit Nehru did what he did. We should also keep in mind that the ideology of the Muslim League hadn’t completely died at that point of time for many people. The last thing the nation needed was a protracted conflict right after independence (in addition to what already happened in Kashmir). The real blame lies with Mrs Gandhi and the subsequent leaders who, despite having the time and capability, preferred appeasement in order to garner votes.
“Though, it can be argued that he was right to not take it up at the time, in order to reassure the Muslims who had decided to stay back in India that their faith was welcomed. Nehru and his government were up against a difficult political context—its election had followed unprecedented physical and mental violence. Perhaps Nehru and Ambedkar felt it safer to proceed with reforms in the Hindu Personal Laws at the time.”
This, in my view, is the correct explanation for why Pandit Nehru did what he did. We should also keep in mind that the ideology of the Muslim League hadn’t completely died at that point of time for many people. The last thing the nation needed was a protracted conflict right after independence (in addition to what already happened in Kashmir). The real blame lies with Mrs Gandhi and the subsequent leaders who, despite having the time and capability, preferred appeasement in order to garner votes.