On Jinnah, The Opportunist
Actually, Jinnah never wanted Pakistan. Pakistan was just a leverage for him to press Britishers and the Congress to give more and more benefits to Indian Muslims. I feel he didn't want a Pakistan for Muslims. He wanted a Pakistan for himself. He wanted to prove a point to the Congress and the Britishers.
If you look into his personal life, you will see he was an opportunist. When his father was in bad health, bed-ridden in Mumbai, he never went to see him. His father was in need of money, but Jinnah didn't support him.
He married Ruttie, a Parsi girl. Ruttie wanted the marriage to be registered, but Jinnah refused. He didn't want to sign the marriage form because one of the clauses in there said the bride and bridegroom did not owe allegiance to any religion.
Since Jinnah was then a Congress leader and was representing the Muslim community in the Central Legislative Assembly, if he had signed the form, his co-religionists would have objected.
He converted Ruttie to Islam. This, despite the fact he was not at all religious.
Jinnah with Jawaharlal Nehru and Lord Mountbatten. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images
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