Debate: Nehru vs Durga

(5th July 1946)

"Good morning. I will be the mediator for this debate. First, they will give their presentations, and afterwards, both sides will ask each other questions one by one. All the voting members will also get the chance to ask each of them questions.

The two candidates for Congress Presidency are: Jawaharlal Nehru and Durga Devi.

Jawaharlal Nehru ji, please start your presentation."

Nehru started his presentation first. And it was being recorded as well.

"I am Jawaharlal Motilal Nehru. I am a lawyer by profession, so I believe that I will be a good candidate for heading the group of lawmakers.

I believe in non-violence, diplomacy, democracy, freedom and the values that motivated the freedom movement.

Going forward, I envision an India that is developed on the basis of science and technology. Is educated. And is bla bla bla..."

After Nehru's presentation was finished, Durga started her presentation.

"Good morning. I am Durga Devi. I am an economist, historian, author, the Chairwoman of Durga University, Surat, and a politician.

I believe in Non-violence, but am willing to use force on enemies. Afterall, we are only getting indepence because of Last War of Independence and the efforts of Subhash Chandra Bose that finally gave our army and police the last push to revolt against the British regime.

Majority of British, especially those in power, don't have a conscience that can be shaken in front of greed afterall. We must face reality.

And, this isn't the end of our struggle. UK has no choice but to leave India because it is not capable of suppressing another revolt anymore, along with pressure from USA to decolonise so that it can become the next superpower. UK will most likely become USA's puppet in 50 or so years after losing all of its colonies. Money is power, which USA has the most in the ruined economic world after WW2.

USA, UK, and USSR. All three countries will try to influence our country, which has been alternating between the first and second richest country throughout human history until the 1800s. With the right policies and decisions, it wouldn't take long to re-achieve that position.

The problem is, at that time, these three countries were either non-existant or ants compared to India, be it military, science, technology, secularism, tolerance, litteracy, anything.

British didn't rule us for two centuries because of more advanced technology or weaponry.

Let me tell you about the Anglo-Sikh War. The British army was going to collapse in front of the Sikh Empire's army. But, the nobles were already in cahoots with the British, leading to the defeat.

Every war you see, the same thing has happened. Due to personal greed, our people have betrayed us and colluded with the enemies. This has been happening for thousands of years.

And even right now. Muslim League is colluding with British. Jinnah is responsible for genocide and communal violence in India. The first person who demanded for Pakistan, Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim League, is a British Agent."

She presented various documents to everyone present.

"An employee for the East India Company. Fought against Indians in the First War of Independence. Urged Muslims to be loyal to British government. Hijacked Urdu from a language created in India, and spoken in India in Northern Delhi surrounding regions, to be reduced to a language for just Muslims.

Muslim League is based on the ideology of this man, a loyal British man in Indian skin, the sword that started the execution of Divide and Rule Policy of his British Masters."

She took out several more documents, and photographs.

As they saw the photographs, everyone was shocked.

"And this is our generation's Syed Ahmed. Muhammed Ali Jinnah. Secret meetings with Wilston Churchill, during WW2. Who killed more than 3 million people in Bengal alone."

"But it doesn't prove-"

"Why is he meeting secretly then? I don't believe even Muslim League is aware of his meetings.

And, I believe everyone should listen to this."

A recording was played, which was a conversation between Jinnah and some leaders of Muslim League.

"-We should prepare to start for countrywide riots against Non-Muslims. Durga has become too popular. If everyone votes, we will be ousted from power and Congress will fully dominate-"

This sent chill down to everyone's spine.

"This is the recording that my spy in Muslim League got.

I am going to say this right now. Jawaharlal Nehru ji, no offence, but you are not popular in the general public. The value of your words is too little.

And Gandhiji, I don't trust you to be able to say sane things after you told the jews to just accept Hitler's atrocities. I don't know in which delusion you are living, but it is reality that most people don't care about strangers.

There are three types of people.

First are the ones who will commit the most horrible crimes when they aren't restrained and urged to commit such atrocities. Did the Jews faced genocide all over Europe just by Hitler's soldiers? No. The biggest culprit are the ordinary people of Europe. The Christians.

A rather peaceful community that doesn't bother others, well educated and rich. And Christian's holy books call for killing them along with all other religions that aren't Christians. Be it Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, or even Muslims.

And Quran says the same. It specifically calls for murdering idol worshippers. And most Muslims read or are taught Quran instead of subjects that will be of use in real life.

Thankfully, these people are in the minority.

The second type of people are the bystanders. As long as they and their loved ones aren't affected, they don't care. And sadly, they form the majority. More so in Hindus.

And the third type are the ones who do care. But they are in very less numbers than the first category.

And there is another category. But I don't think of them as humans. They are demons. Who don't care about anything but power, be it wealth, authority, or anything else. They know how to manipulate people. And they are willing to go to any length possible. Genocide entire civilisations.

And the Muslim League is filled to the brink with these people, with Jinnah as their leader. They know that as soon as the whole population votes, not just elites who don't have to care about their dying families, Muslim League will be ousted.

And they are perfect bloody swords for the British.

That's why this years election, which chose leaders for making the constitution, and the last election conducted under the British regime, didn't give everyone the power to vote, like any democratic country.

And this is something that both Muslim League and British government made sure to do.

Let's not talk about differences in our ideology, knowledge of human psyche, economics, or anything right now.

Nehru ji, the only thing that you are good at is foreign relations. And I whole heartedly someone who supports Non-alignment, because we are such a country that every single nation wants to exploit, throught history, present, and future.

If you can't get even one vote without using dirty tactics and support from Gandhiji, within this party itself, if the general public can't be moved by your speeches and actions, if you are at the age where people can die of heart attack, why do you think that you will be the best candidate our country has for the Prime Minister's position?

Besides being close to Gandhiji, whose thinking ability has deteriorated with age, who is delusional to tell people who are genocided to just accept it, the person who no longer is the person who started Civil Disobedience, what IS your qualification?

Do you have the greed for power more than the need for stopping a massacre that is going to happen for carving out a non-existent theological Sunni Islamic country, which will after genociding non-muslims, genocide Shias, Ahmedias, and all other non-Sunni sects and lower caste Muslims?"

"I will prevent the partition-"

"Your technicalities are wrong to begin with! It's not partition! India and Pakistan aren't two nations that were divided. It is entirely India. They are trying to crave out a new country that WILL become a terrorist country always attacking us out of our people and our land!

How will you prevent this without people willing to believe in you, or even Gandhiji!? People look for Babas for moral support. And in the end, they look for professional people and leaders who know their job for leading them.

Are you the professional that people believe in? How much have you developed your own constituency despite being in power for far more years than me?

Experience is good quality until the age of 40. After that, it becomes a burden. The ideologies become rigid. The ability to listen to others and seriously think about them becomes non-existent because they think that they know more than the younger ones.

Being younger is not a disadvantage. It is an advantage. We young people have to live longer in the country, so we have a longer vision."

The debate went on for hours. Planning was done to prevent the creation of Pakistan. It involved exposing the Muslim League to the whole population.

And finally, the voting happened.

Durga Devi: 7/16

Jawaharlal Nehru: 9/16

Jawaharlal Nehru still became the INC President. Afterall, Gandhi's influence is just too strong in this party.