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"What I have seen naturally is most distressing. I have seen classes & conditions of people, men,women & children,many whom never knew what poverty & want were. But today they are homeless; they are hopeless...- Dr S.P.Mookerjee, On Bengal Situation #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019

...their physical suffering was great. But what struck me as most ominous and most distressing was the moral torture through which millions of people passed...- Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, (On Bengal Situation, Parliament, Aug 7, 1950)

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"I do not think the world's history will ever record another such example where millions of people,educated & uneducated,simply because they loved their religion,were desecrated, butchered or driven out of their homeland"- Dr S.P.Mookerjee 7 Aug 1950,

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"If you look at the conditions of the refugees & their sufferings you will be amazed how they are tolerating their state of affairs. Children are dying like flies. I have seen mothers with dead children on their laps...."- Dr S.P
Mookerjee, 7 Aug, 1950, Parliament #CABBill

"There is one pathetic instance of a leading Congress man whom Panditji knows. He is a man who is not afraid of his life, he is not a coward & he is still in East Bengal. He came to see me about 3 weeks ago & his words are still haunting me." S.P.Mookerjee, Parliament, 7 Aug 1950

...he had seen #WestBengal & moved about the place. He had seen the terrible misery of millions of refugees who have come to #WestBengal. In East Bengal there thousands of Namasudras who are waiting to come over. He said to me..."- S.P.Mookerjee,
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..."I see nothing but death on either side, death in East Bengal & death in #WestBengal but with this difference. In #WestBengal it is death without dishonour whereas in East Bengal it is death with dishonour..."- S.P.Mookerjee, 7 Aug, 1950, Parliament #CitizenshipAmendmentBill

"Between the date of the Pact (April 1950) & 30 June 1950,there have been 757 cases of facility,robbery & theft, 219 cases of extortion,194 cases trespass,180 cases of assault,harassment & threats to leave Pakistan..." S.P.Mookerjee, Parliament 1950 #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019

...129 cases of abduction,rape,outraging modesty of females,70 cases of grievous hurt,stabbing & looting,67 cases of arson,21 cases of wrongful confinement&restraint,39 cases of defiling Hindu temples & places of worship.."S.P.Mookerjee,Parliament, 1950 #CitizenshipAmendmentBill

...In everyone of these cases the minority ie the Hindu is the victim & the oppressor is a member of the majority communit.The entire social & economic structure in which Hindus lived has collapsed&it is impossible for them live there..."-S.P.Mookerjee, Parliament,1950 #CABBill

"...we claim to be a civilised democratic State, where people will have equal rights no matter what their religion is. But that does not mean we will allow Pakistan to play havoc with Hindu lives..."- S.P.Mookerjee, Aug 7, 1950, Parliament #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019

"This is a peculiar problem which has arisen in our history. Partition came & this is a corollary to partition...for your country's sake have a strong policy & solve this problem before it is too late..." - S.P.Mookerjee, Aug 7, 1950, Parliament #CitizenshipAmendmentBill2019