Pakistani ethos still exclusivist: L K Advani

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Agencies: New Delhi, Dec 10 2012, 22:23 IST

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BJP leader L K Advani, whose family had migrated from Sindh during partition, today said Pakistani ethos is still "exclusivist and not assimilative" and rued this had led to a "painful" existence for the Hindu and Sikh minorities living in the neighbouring country.

Speaking at an event here, 85-year-old Advani drew a comparison between the present condition of people who migrated to India and those who went to Pakistan in 1947.

"Indian ethos is assimilating and absorbing while Pakistani ethos is exclusivist. It does not absorb... Indian unity is the basic truth," Advani said.

The BJP leader pointed out that while he and his family have been accepted by the people in India, those who went to Pakistan are still called "mohajirs", a derogatory term for such migrants.

Recalling his visit to Pakistan in 2005, Advani said he was asked in that country how he became a prominent politician in India despite being a migrant from Sindh.

"I asked them (Pakistani leaders) to ponder over this, as my answer was it (being a migrant) was never a problem in India... But those who migrated to Pakistan are still known as mohajirs," he said.

Advani also released a report "Gross Violation of Human Rights of Minorities in Pakistan" on the occasion of International Human Rights Day.

The report has been prepared by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini--a RSS affiliated group--based on personal accounts of Hindus and Sikhs recently migrated to India from Pakistan.

"Whenever I meet people from Sindh, they say they are so troubled in Pakistan... Indianness is accepted by

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Be Rational

satish | 11-Dec-2012Reply | Forward

Adwani should be more bothered about the people who have become migrants within their own country, India, before crossing the LoC. What about the state of Kasmir pandits, whose exodus from J&K was orchesterd by Jagmohan and Advani himself. What about the ethnic violance in Assam, in which Advani's party is also an active participant? What about the treatment given to the NE students in Delhi? we refer to them as 'chinkies'. Why are the inhabitats of TN, Keral, Karnataka etc still referd to as Dravidians or South Indians and not Indians. As per his definition of democracy, one should listen and accept 'dimetricaly" opposit views, but does he beleive in dialectic? How often has he accepted the views of Left or the centerists? When his chariot was on its way to Ayodhaya, did he listen to any sane arguments, forget Left, Right or Center. Like Atalji did he call the demolition a 'shame'? Moral of the story is that people (like Advani) livingin glass houses should not throw stones at others.

Advani is wrong

Asif | 10-Dec-2012Reply | Forward

Mr. Advani probably does not know of all the migrant Pakistanis / Mohajirs who have led Pakistan. To name a few, Parvez Musharraf (Ex-resident and Army Chief), Shaukat Aziz (Ex Prime Minister), Zia ul Haq (Ex Army Chief and President), Liaquat Ali Khan (First Prime Minister of Pakistan), Gen Mirza Aslam Beg (Army chief after Zia)are all mohajirs. Everybody knows that Army chief is the most powerful position in Pakistan and three Army chiefs have been mohajirs. As far as term mohajir is concerned, it means someone who has migrated which is not a derogatory term. I dont know from where Mr. Advani has obtained his facts.