Question:
Do you think M K Gandhi's support to Khilafat Movement had diluted his secular credentials? Give your argument based on the assessment of event?
Answer:
Do you think M K Gandhi's support to Khilafat Movement had diluted his secular credentials? Give your argument based on the assessment of event?
Answer:
The Khilafat Movement had nothing to do with the Indian politics. It was a surely Islamic movement supporting the cause of Khalifa of Turkey on religious bases, against the British government. It rose out the defeat of Turkey and allies in the first world was against the british and allies.
Gandhi had always advocated for secular politics. He was against the use of religion as an agenda. But supporting the K issue was severely criticized by many leaders as diluting his secular credentials.
But Gandhi was justified. Because the league had started to advocate itself as a Muslim representative organisation and branding the congress as hindu body. This issue have a change to wash away there branding blames. Again, here the nation say am unprecedented hindu-muslim unix during 1919 to 1922. Both community spiritedly opposed the british. And after it, Gandhi never supported religion based politics. He even opposed the partition on religious bases.
So, it can be concluded that it was not am anti-secular act by gandhi but only am opportunity to cement the hindu-muslim unity to make indian politics more participatory and really secular, i.e. Supported by all religions equally.
Gandhi had always advocated for secular politics. He was against the use of religion as an agenda. But supporting the K issue was severely criticized by many leaders as diluting his secular credentials.
But Gandhi was justified. Because the league had started to advocate itself as a Muslim representative organisation and branding the congress as hindu body. This issue have a change to wash away there branding blames. Again, here the nation say am unprecedented hindu-muslim unix during 1919 to 1922. Both community spiritedly opposed the british. And after it, Gandhi never supported religion based politics. He even opposed the partition on religious bases.
So, it can be concluded that it was not am anti-secular act by gandhi but only am opportunity to cement the hindu-muslim unity to make indian politics more participatory and really secular, i.e. Supported by all religions equally.