Analysis of the Wavell Plan and Reasons for Muslim League Rejection – Statement by M. A. Jinnah

Sub title : Critique of British Proposals, Congress Alignment, and Defense of Pakistan Demand

Subject: M. A. Jinnah | Wavell Plan | Simla Conference 1945 | Pakistan demand | Muslim League

Date of publication: 1945

Language: English

Page: 2.p

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28558

Keyword: M. A. Jinnah -- Wavell Plan 1945 -- Simla Conference -- Pakistan demand -- Muslim League rejection | Congress -- Self-determination -- Minority representation -- British policy

Abstract: This document presents a detailed analysis and rejection of the Wavell Plan by M. A. Jinnah. It argues that the Plan was a "snare" designed to bypass the Muslim League's two preconditions for entering any provisional government: a British declaration guaranteeing Muslim self-determination (Pakistan) and equal representation in the Executive. Jinnah contends that the proposed Executive would reduce Muslims to a one-third minority, with other minorities (Scheduled Castes, Sikhs, Christians) aligned with Congress's goal of a united India. He quotes Mr. Amery's House of Commons statement as evidence of British preference for an "all-India Union."

Description: Jinnah's comprehensive critique of the Wavell Plan, explaining why the Muslim League could not accept proposals that undermined Pakistan, reduced Muslim representation, and challenged the League's sole authority to speak for Indian Muslims. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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