Letter from M.A. Jinnah on Muslim League Disciplinary Procedure

Sub title : Disciplinary Action Against Members Joining the National Defence Council

Subject: All-India Muslim League | Disciplinary Action | National Defence Council | Viceroy's Executive Council

Date of publication: 1941

Language: English

Page: 1 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27736

Keyword: M.A. Jinnah -- All-India Muslim League -- Disciplinary Action | Working Committee -- National Defence Council -- Viceroy's Executive Council | World War II -- Party Discipline

Abstract: This is a letter from M.A. Jinnah, written from the Camp Guest House in Hyderabad Deccan, in response to an inquiry regarding disciplinary procedures within the All-India Muslim League. Jinnah clarifies that the power to take disciplinary action is ordinarily vested in the Working Committee, with a right to appeal to the Council. He further states that a meeting of the Working Committee has already been called specifically to take disciplinary action against those League members who associated themselves with the Viceroy's scheme for expanding the Executive Council and constituting the National Defence Council during World War II, against the official stance of the League.

Description: A concise but significant letter from M.A. Jinnah that demonstrates his firm control over the All-India Muslim League's discipline during a critical period of World War II. It highlights the League's official opposition to the British government's initiatives for Indian political cooperation in the war effort. The letter serves as direct evidence of the institutional mechanisms within the League and Jinnah's intent to enforce a unified political stance, punishing members who defied the party line by collaborating with the Viceroy's Council. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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