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dated November 8,1953: Halt This Campaign of Hatred

Dr. Syed Niamathullah, Messrs. Syed Azmatullah (Managing Director of Musalman), M. Hussain, S. A. Maulana, and other Muslim citizens, issued a statement asking the Government of Madras to take effective measures to deal with the serious situation created by decisions of the Dravida Kazhagam after its Athur conference. Their statement read: We, the undersigned Muslim citizens of Madras, feel that the campaign of communal hatred and subversive propaganda initiated by the Dravida Kazhagam can no longer be ignored and belittled. The minds of a vast number of young men and young women are being poisoned. Some teachers employed in public and aided schools, especially Tamil pandits, are in sympathy with the aims and objectives of the Kazhagam and are doing all that they can to propagate its views. The public are not unfamiliar with the stuff being published in the periodical Press owned or controlled by persons connected with the Kazhagam or sharing the Kazhagam's mentality and outlook. The campaign is gathering force.

It is extraordinary and distressing that it should be possible for the followers and hirelings of the Kazhagam to insult our Prime Minister, our Chief Minister, and our Governor. The ordinary man in the street... is apt to wonder if there is no Government in the State, or if it is not strong enough to deal with the mischief-makers. He is puzzled by the apparent silence of Government over the D.K. resolution urging the members and followers of the Kazhagam to carry knives and daggers in so-called self-defence against the followers of the party in power... . Our Chief Minister's utterances on the subject do not reveal any clear, strong policy. A lecture on the value of courage and refusing to play into the hands of the intimidators is hardly enough to inspire confidence in the perturbed public's mind... .''

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