<P> Dr. Kitchlew was opposed to the Muslim League 's demand for Pakistan and later in the 1940s became President of the Punjab Congress Committee . In 1947 he strongly opposed the acceptance of the Partition of India by the Congress Party . He spoke out against it at public meetings all over the country , and at the All India Congress Committee session that ultimately voted for the resolution . He called it a blatant `` surrender of nationalism for communalism '' . Some years after partition and Independence , he left the Congress . He began to come closer to the Communist Party of India . He was the founder president of the All - India Peace Council and also remained President of 4th Congress of All - India Peace Council , held at Madras in 1954 , besides remaining Vice President of the World Peace Council . </P>
<P> Dr. Kitchlew was opposed to the Muslim League 's demand for Pakistan and later in the 1940s became President of the Punjab Congress Committee . In 1947 he strongly opposed the acceptance of the Partition of India by the Congress Party . He spoke out against it at public meetings all over the country , and at the All India Congress Committee session that ultimately voted for the resolution . He called it a blatant `` surrender of nationalism for communalism '' . Some years after partition and Independence , he left the Congress . He began to come closer to the Communist Party of India . He was the founder president of the All - India Peace Council and also remained President of 4th Congress of All - India Peace Council , held at Madras in 1954 , besides remaining Vice President of the World Peace Council . </P>
who characterised the partition of india as a surrender of nationalism in favour of communalism
who characterised the partition of india as a surrender of nationalism in favour of communalism
Dr. Kitchlew
Dr. Kitchlew