Congress won 57 out of 102 seats in Central Assembly; got majority in Madras, Bombay, UP, Bihar, Orissa, and Central Provinces and was a coalition partner with Unionists and Akalis in Punjab.
Muslim League won 30 reserved seats in Central Assembly; got majority in Bengal, Sindh.
Grouping of existing assemblies into three sections A, B, C.
Three-tier executive and legislature at province, princely states, and union level.
Provincial assemblies to elect a constituent assembly.
Common centre for defence, communications, external affairs.
Provinces to have autonomy and residual powers.
Princely states free to have an arrangement with the successor government or the British Government.
In future, a province free to come out of the section or the union.
Meanwhile, an interim government to be formed from constituent assembly.
Interpretation: Congress claimed that the grouping was optional while the League thought that the grouping was compulsory. Mission decided the matter in the League’s favour.
Acceptance: League, followed by Congress, accepted Cabinet Mission proposals in June 1946.
Further Developments:
July 1946: League withdrew from the Plan after Nehru’s press statement and gave a call for “direct action” from August 16, 1946.
September 1946: An Interim Government headed by Nehru sworn in.
October 1946: League joins Interim Government and follows an obstructionist approach.
February 1947: Congress members demand removal of League members; League demands dissolution of Constituent Assembly.
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