After the War of Independence
of 1857, the British realized that they could no longer control the subcontinent
by force and so had to introduce policies that pleased the Indian populace. Consequently
in 1885, the Indian National Congress was formed to acquaint themselves with
the views of the people.
Years passed and Congress
gained power. Despite being critical about the Government of India Act 1935, Congress
participated in the 1937 elections and formed ministers in eight regions. Though,
the Indians finally had a chance to run their country, the Muslims viewed the
Congress Rule with disdain and termed it is “Congress Tyranny”.
Congress Anthem,
Band-e-Mataram, was introduced in schools and government officials with the
main theme to expel the Muslims from “Mother India”. Moreover, under the Vardah
scheme, Gandhi’s beliefs were inculcated into the minds of students and they
were asked to bow down before a picture of him. This was completely
unacceptable to the Muslims since it contradicted with Islam. There were other
several instances where the Muslims were physically and mentally tormented. Thus,
it appeared more of a Hindu party rather than one representing the nation.
Therefore, it can be
concluded that political parties digress from their political ideology and
adopt policies that are presented by their members. So, it is not the ideology
that governs the policies the members adopt but it is merely a cloak under
which the individual personnel shape the course of action.
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