Several leaders especially from the Sind were angry about how the leadership had literally thrown the Hindus of the region to the wolves and no concrete thoughts had been spared on the plight or protection of the religious minorities, the Hindus and Sikhs in the proposed Pakistan. They were vaguely assuaged that ‘the Hindus in Pakistan need have no fear as there would be 45 millions of Muslims in India and if there was any oppression of Hindus in Pakistan, the Muslims in India would have to bear the consequences’.121 These were empty promises in private to dissenting intra-party voices.
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