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I would have supported him if he would have been fighting for the Indian Empire from whom the British usurped power. When he didn't do that, he was supporting the domination of Indian Hindus and this is not acceptable under any circumstances. Period.
Yes very true !
Congrats you proved Jinnah was intellectually bankrupt than you present day pakistani guys to defend Bhagat Singh.
You know I just feel sympathy for Jinnah's struggle & his soul.
When Jinnah defended
Bhagat Singh
Press Trust of India
New Delhi, August 7, 205
Secular or no secular,
Mohammad Ali Jinnah made
no secret of his sympathies
for Indian freedom fighters -
Bhagat Singh and others in
the Lahore prison - even
though their politics and his
were poles apart, says a new
book.
Jinnah went to the extent of
defending Bhagat Singh in his
speech in the Central
Assembly on September 12,
1929. He held Bhagat Singh
and his comrades in high
esteem, says the book The
Trial of Bhagat Singh -
Politics of Justice by AG
Noorani, a Supreme Court
advocate.
Though the fact has been
completely ignored in all
Indian writings and little
noticed in Pakistan, the book
says veteran human rights
activist IA Rehman, in his
collection writes "in his
coolly logical and convincing
manner he played a major
role in foiling the attempt to
make trial in absentia
unlawful."
"Jinnah created a profound
impression by the excellent
form in which he argued the
case... Jinnah was proceeding
in this strain winning
applause after applause from
the spell bound house,"
wrote a newspaper from
Shimla.
Noorani says Jinnah made no
secret of his sympathies for
the Lahore prisoners. He
discussed the bill and asked
the law member whether
their would be a trial or it
would be a farce.
On the hunger strike by
prisoners in Lahore jail,
Jinnah said "the man who
goes on hunger strike has a
soul. He is moved by that
soul and he believes in the
justice of his cause. He is no
ordinary criminal, who is
guilty of cold blooded,
sordid wicked crime."
"... I do not approve of the
action of Bhagat Singh... I
regret that rightly or wrongly
the youth of today is stirred
up... However much you
deplore them and however
much you say they are
misguided, it is the system,
this damnable system of
governance, which is
resented by the people,"
Jinnah remarked.
The house was adjourned but
Jinnah continued his speech
in the next sitting and
pointed out the anomalies
which would arise if the trial
of Bhagat Singh and others
would proceed in their
absence.
"... Is there a judge or jury
who would feel that they
were administering law or
justice in that case?" Later
events belied Jinnah's
confidence in judiciary "I say
that no judge who has got an
iota of a judicial mind or a
sense of justice can ever be
a party to a trial of that
character and pass sentence
of death without a shudder
and pang of conscience..."
Jinnah even traced the
development of the law in
England over the centuries in
order to refute the
Government's case. He even
pleaded "... I cannot
understand the anxiety of
the Government to proceed
with this trial when these
men are inflicting the great
possible punishment upon
themselves by prolonged
fasting... I appeal to you...
Show that you are fair,
generous, that you are
willing to treat these men
decently... Give them proper
treatment."
In the last words of his
speech, he addressed the
government, urging it to
concentrate on the root
cause. "... the more you
concentrate on the root
cause the less difficulties and
inconveniences there will be
for you to face... And the
money of the taxpayer will
not be lost in prosecuting
men, nay citizens, who are
fighting and struggling for
the freedom of their
country."
There was no mistaking
Jinnah's high esteem for
Bhagat Singh and his
comrades.
However, on March 23, 1931
Bhagat Singh and two of his
associates were hanged at
the Lahore Central Jail. This
was the culmination of the
Lahore conspiracy case, one
of the most controversial
trials to take place in India
under the Raj.
The book further reveals how
the executive and the
legislative branches of the
British government in India
conspired to ensure
miscarriage of justice.
With a new introduction that
also incorporates new
archival material, the book
reproduces for the first time
excerpts from Bhagat Singh's
notebook which he
maintained while under
sentence of death.
General Zia did more damage to Pakistan by radicalization of the country than all of Indian Intelligence agencies and Military put together.. India should award him Vashisht Sewa medal in the next round 
