Jinnah's Response to the Rajagopalachari Formula & Gandhi-Jinnah Talks

Sub title : Statement on the Hindu-Muslim Settlement Negotiations

Subject: Gandhi-Jinnah Talks | Rajagopalachari Formula | Pakistan | Hindu-Muslim Settlement

Date of publication: 1944

Language: English

Page: 24 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28365

Keyword: Jinnah -- Gandhi -- Rajagopalachari Formula -- Pakistan -- Hindu-Muslim Settlement | Muslim League -- Congress -- Cripps Proposal -- Lord Wavell | Working Committee -- Press Campaign -- 1944 -- Negotiations -- Indian Independence

Abstract: Muhammad Ali Jinnah responds to C. Rajagopalachari's proposed formula for a Hindu-Muslim settlement and the surrounding political maneuvers. He criticizes the negotiation procedure as a public trial orchestrated by the Congress, defends his insistence on placing proposals before the Muslim League Working Committee, and rejects the formula as a "maimed, mutilated and moth-eaten Pakistan." The statement also references his correspondence with Gandhi and sets the stage for their upcoming face-to-face meeting.

Description: This document is a comprehensive press statement issued by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in July 1944, following a wave of political commentary after Gandhi's release from prison. It serves as a forceful rebuttal to the political tactics of the Congress, particularly the public release of correspondence by C. Rajagopalachari concerning his settlement formula. Jinnah details what he considers a flawed and dictatorial negotiation procedure, objects to being vilified in the Congress press, and articulates his rejection of the proposed formula as an inadequate and disingenuous acceptance of the Pakistan demand. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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