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24 Motherland let Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs stand side by side, dressed in the same uniform of hand-made cloth viz., “Khaddar” and with the sole weapon of non-violent Non-co-operation in their hands. If you do so Mahatma Gandhi will return victorious. This is the only help I demand of you. If you do not offer me this assistance, it is clear that I too shall not be able to discharge my duties satisfactorily. Therefore, in accepting responsibilities of Presidentship, I make the following appeal to you:—

Let Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs alike become soldiers in the cause of your country’s freedom. Put on “Khaddar” and cast aside foreign clothes, burn them or send them out of the country. Stick to Non-violence. Do not lift your hand against any one. Do not hurt anybody's feelings.

At the present time your leaders like the Ali Brothers, Lala Lajpat Rai and Sardar Kharak Singh and many others have been arrested and are rotting in jail as a result of fighting in the cause of their country's freedom. If even now your patriotic impulses are not stirred and you are not prepared for little sacrifices in the form of boycotting foreign cloth, then I am afraid not only you will not be freed from subjection but