Under the proposals of the cabinet plan, both the Congress and the Muslim League had given their consent to participate in the Constituent Assembly, but later there was a dispute between the two parties on the interpretation of some points. In July 1946, the election of the members of the constitution-making committee was completed, in which only 73 members of the Muslim League could be found against the 212 members of the Congress. The Muslim League distanced itself from it. She did not want to fall into the trap of the Constituent Assembly.
Jinnah said- 'The standoff in India is not that much between the Indians and the British. It is between Hindu-Congress and Muslim-League. ……until Pakistan is accepted, nothing can and will not be solved. …… there will be not one but two Constituent Assemblies, one to frame and decide the Constitution of India and the other to frame and decide the Constitution of Pakistan.…… We can solve the Indian problem in ten minutes, if Mr. Let Gandhi say that he agrees that there should be Pakistan, and that the six provinces along its present borders—Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab, the North-West Frontier Province, Bengal, and Assam—make up a quarter of India to form a state of Pakistan.'
Gandhiji commented on Jinnah's statement- 'Maybe only Congress provinces and native monarchs should attend the Constituent Assembly. In my opinion, it will be beautiful and completely factual.' On 9 December 1946, the Legislative Committee started functioning. Dr. Mankekar has written- 'In an atmosphere of tension, despair and uncertainty, the Legislative Committee started functioning.'
Jinnah gets emotional about Pakistan in London
On 13 December 1946, Jinnah made a passionate appeal to the British Government for a Muslim nation at Kingsway Hall in London - 'One hundred million people in Pakistan will be Muslims only. We want a nation of our own in the North-West and North-Eastern regions of India which are our own land and where we are in a seventy percent majority. There we can live according to our lifestyle. We were told that the so-called unified India was built by the British. He was at the edge of the sword. It can be controlled in the same way that it is controlled. Don't get confused when someone says that India is one and why can't it remain one? Ask us what do we want? I say Pakistan. Other than that we don't want anything.'
Jawahar Lal Nehru repeated his mistake
Jawaharlal Nehru was an extremely ambitious politician. He had earlier pushed the Cabinet Mission to death at the altar of his ambitions by making unnecessary statements. This time he gave statements against the rulers of the native states. On 21 December 1946, the Constituent Assembly appointed a Constitution Negotiating Committee to hold talks with the State Constitution Negotiating Committee constituted by the Narendra Mandal. e
On this proposal, Jawaharlal Nehru said- 'I say clearly that I am sorry that we will have to talk to the committee of kings. I think on behalf of the states we should have talked to the people of the states. I still think that if the negotiating committee wants to do the right thing, it should include such representatives in the committee, but I feel that at this stage we cannot insist on it.'
If the native king wanted, he could have severely punished the Congress for this statement of Nehru and could have failed the process of formation of the Constituent Assembly, but the rulers of the native states ignored Nehru's mistake on the sacrifice of the interest of the country. given.