If we are not fighting for the teeming millions of India, can anybody
tell me whom we are fighting for? Am I fighting for myself? If I am
selfish, why should I bother about self-government? Why can I not
attend to my profession, make money and go home and sleep? Why should
I go all over the country and demand Home Rule which is the only means
of uplifting the teeming millions of our country if I have not their
interest at heart? If anybody says that the Nationalists who are
fighting for Home Rule are doing so in their own interest I fling the
lie to the slanderers teeth. I say we are engaged in a noble task and
we shall not rest content unless such a kind of self-government is
granted to this country which will keep alive the interest of every
community, which will regard and safeguard the interest of every class
of people in Bengal. We belong to the same race. They are of us. God
give us strength to fight their battle! (Prolonged Cheers.)
(_Amrita Bazar Patrika._)