Correspondence from Sayed Mohd Abdul Jalil Gardezi to M.A. Jinnah Regarding Congress-League Deadlock

Sub title : Open Letter to Maulana Azad with Suggestions for Political Compromise

Subject: Indian Independence Negotiations | Congress-Muslim League Deadlock | Simla Conference | Nationalist Muslims

Date of publication: 1945

Language: English

Page: 6p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27972

Keyword: Simla Conference 1945 -- Congress-Muslim League Deadlock -- Nationalist Muslims | Executive Council Representation -- M.A. Jinnah -- Maulana Azad -- Sayed Mohd Abdul Jalil Gardezi | Hindu-Muslim Parity -- Political Compromise -- Viceroy’s Cabinet | Indian Independence -- All India Muslim League -- Indian National Congress -- Constitutional Proposal

Abstract: An open letter from Sayed Mohd Abdul Jalil Gardezi of Multan to Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, President of the Indian National Congress, dated 11th July 1945, with a copy sent to M.A. Jinnah. The letter addresses the political impasse between the Congress and the Muslim League regarding the nomination of Muslim members to the Viceroy's Executive Council. The author proposes that Nationalist Muslims voluntarily withdraw their candidature to allow the League to nominate its own representatives, thereby ensuring Hindu-Muslim parity and facilitating a united national cabinet. He further suggests that such Nationalist Muslims be permitted dual membership in both the Congress and the League to resolve the constitutional dilemma.

Description: This file contains scanned pages of a letter written by Sayed Mohd Abdul Jalil Gardezi from Multan on 11th July 1945. The document includes an open letter addressed to Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, President of the Indian National Congress, and a private covering note to M.A. Jinnah, President of the All India Muslim League. The correspondence critically engages with the breakdown of negotiations between the Congress and the League during the Simla Conference, focusing on the issue of Muslim representation in the proposed Executive Council. Gardezi argues for a pragmatic compromise whereby Nationalist Muslims would step aside to allow the League to nominate its candidates, potentially holding dual membership in both organizations to preserve unity. The letter reflects the tense political climate of mid-1945 and the ongoing struggle to form a representative Indian government amidst communal divisions. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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