“[Nehru once told Mookerjee: "We will crush you!"… He replied:] We will crush this crushing mentality.”

—  Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Cited by A.B. Vajpayee and quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p.158

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