We have a long history of communal troubles in this country. At one time we used to say that there is a communal triangle. Hindu communalism, Muslim communalism and British imperialism. This was a triangle responsible for these types of communal troubles in the past. At the present moment there is no British imperialism to be blamed or to be made a scapegoat of. But this problem is continuing. and if at all we want to meet this challenge or this problem seriously, I think, we will have to sit together and seriously think about what is responsible for it.
The root cause for it is the communal politics in this country. It is no use running away from this fact. There is a certain communal politics. That communal politics has taken the place of British imperialism now. The ignorant people on one side, are the Hindu section, and the ignorant people on the other side are the Muslim people and this communal politics is trying to take advantage of it and is creating a situation, which is ultimately leading to the killings of many people. Mr. Sathe, in his speech, has explained with details to show what a terrible thing it can be. We have always found that this communal trouble starts from a very small paltry incident. In case of Aligarh, it is very strange and rather shameful that the trouble did not take place only once, but it took place twice, in two phases - once in October and then again in November. The administration of a State Government - kindly excuse me, I am not saying it because it is Janata Government - but if there is a State Administration which cannot stop communal trouble, communal conflicts in one phase and which has the capacity of allowing it to happen in the second phase again, deserves to be pushed out and kicked out of power. I should say, it is a shameful incident.
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... It is no use running away from the fact. What has happened in Aligarh? It is always said that the trouble starts from a small paltry incident. May be you could not have avoided that paltry incident, but when a paltry incident develops into some sort of an explosive situation, it is not that paltry incident that is responsible for this trouble, but it is the atmosphere which is created before the paltry incident which is ultimately responsible for this and that is what was responsible for Aligarh.
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... If at all you want to find a solution to the problem for communal trouble in India, you will have to find an answer and solution to the problem of communal politics. The politics of Hindu Rashtrawad is the root-cause of the whole trouble which must be accepted honestly and bravely. Sir, the administration has to take the major responsibility in this matter.
