The popular Ministries lasted only two years. All the Congress Ministries resigned in 1939 in protest to Indian being made a party to the Second World War without consulting the legislatures in India. In 1940 the Muslim League passed its Pakistan resolution.
The Cripps Mission:- While the Second World War was passing through a crucial stage, it was felt that willing cooperation of the Indian public opinion would be an asset. Cabinet Minister Sir Stafford Cripps was accordingly sent in March 1942. The Cripps Mission, however, was a failure. Its proposals were turn down by all the political parties even though on different grounds. His proposal had conceded Dominion Status and the right of Indians to frame a Constitution in their Constituent Assembly after the War. However, the Provinces were to have an opinion to accept or walk out of the new Constitution. The Muslim League rejected these proposals because its demand for partition of the country on communal grounds was not conceded, while the Congress found them unacceptable because they opened up possibilities of dividing India into many small bits and did not seek to transfer any really effective power to representative Indian hands during the War. Gandhiji condemned the proposals as a "post-dated cheque".
The Cripps Mission:- While the Second World War was passing through a crucial stage, it was felt that willing cooperation of the Indian public opinion would be an asset. Cabinet Minister Sir Stafford Cripps was accordingly sent in March 1942. The Cripps Mission, however, was a failure. Its proposals were turn down by all the political parties even though on different grounds. His proposal had conceded Dominion Status and the right of Indians to frame a Constitution in their Constituent Assembly after the War. However, the Provinces were to have an opinion to accept or walk out of the new Constitution. The Muslim League rejected these proposals because its demand for partition of the country on communal grounds was not conceded, while the Congress found them unacceptable because they opened up possibilities of dividing India into many small bits and did not seek to transfer any really effective power to representative Indian hands during the War. Gandhiji condemned the proposals as a "post-dated cheque".
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