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#Erdogan has won the elections in #Turkey.

#Indian #liberals are dismayed because Erdogan is trying to #Islamize Turkey.

But this is a decision of the people of Turkey.

Erdogan has won through a democratic, free and fair election.

This is what the people of Turkey want.

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If you claim to love #Democracy, that is, the will of the people, then you should be happy with this result.

Erdogan is a #Democrat. He is not #Liberal. He converted the #HagiaSophia into a mosque.

But #Democracy has NOTHING TO DO with #Liberalism, and vice versa.

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#Ataturk was a #Liberal in every sense of the word. He abolished the #Caliphate, closed down #Madarsa s, changed the language of the country from #Arabic to #Turkish, banned the #Fez cap, banned the #Sufi and #Dervish orders, and promoted scientific thinking.

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Our most popular leader after Gandhi during our struggle for freedom ! While the people from Kashmir to Kanya Kumarika, from Punjab to NEFA knew his name and adored him, he was hated by a group of people who were followers of Savarkar and Golwalkar. 1/n
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Why was he hated ? I presume there were inter alia, four main reasons.
1. He was immersed in India's history, understood Indian more than most people and never believed that the Hindus & Muslims by any stretch of imagination could be regarded as two separate nations.
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2. He believed India, through its history, had become multicultural & should be preserved & protected as such. From his travels to the nooks & corners of India, he realised that any attempt at achieving homogeneity
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"Secularism for Gandhi had a very simple principle: no privileges for d majority. Nehru was in Bihar in d bloody days of 1946. Bhagalpur was in the grip of anti-Muslim violence. To restrain d attacking rioters, d military opened fire and nearly 400 were killed.

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Nehru felt a disquiet about d deaths, as he confessed to PadmajaNaidu. Nevertheless he was satisfied that strong action has been taken against d rioters.

Gandhi went on a fast which was to be his last to persuade the Hindus & Sikhs of Delhi that claim of Muslims
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over d city had to respected.Nehru secretly fasted with him.Gandhi,upon discovering it, wrote to him urging him to give up d fast. It was a two liner which ended with 'Hind ke Jawahar bane Raho' (May you remain the jewel of India)
From Article▶️National Herald

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"These instances of bipartisanship were all admirable and significant, and there was another precedent that was more admirable and significant still. This was the constitution of a national government at the time of Independence. Knowing the gravity of the...
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situation that faced them, Jawaharlal Nehru & Vallabhbhai Patel reached out to the most able individuals regardless of party affiliation. Although B.R. Ambedkar had been a bitter critic of the Congress for the past 20 years, he was asked to become law minister.
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Other major ministries were assigned to S.P. Mookerjee and R.K. Shanmukham Chetty, who had also been political opponents of the Congress. In acting as they did, the first PM of India and the first home minister of India set aside pride & prejudice and put the..
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The Congress Chamchas might be angry after seeing these buried truths of #Nehruvian Hypocrisy.
(1) After Freedom #India Has certain rights over Tibet but fearing China Nehru gave up all the rights & allowed to encroach #Tibet (CIA docs 1954-55)
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In 1954, April, Nehru shamelessly agreed all the demands put forth by China and handed over the Domicile rights of India over #tibet to China. Nehru was at the edge to give up Sikkim & Bhutan (Shino-India Treaty)
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See how Since 1958-59 Nehru weaken the Himalayan Borders by withdrawing forces from key posts and opted for diplomatic channel to deal with Chinese incursions just like what he did for Kashmir (1947-48)
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