ABSTRACT
The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League both had endorsed his scheme, but the All-Parties Conference and the Nehru Report rejected the ‘safeguards’, and let the joint electorates remain. In the eyes of the co-religionists (except nationalist Muslims) Jinnah was made to look politically naive and inept. In reality Motilal Nehru has no following at all and his so-called followers are men who fully understand his weakness and bend him to their own will. After he has played into their hands it pays them to boom him as a great leader of the Mussalmans. He cannot of course always defend his attitude when talking freely with me and other friends. The Nehru Report produced by the All-Parties Conference had envisaged a parliamentary system of government; dominion status was to be the basis of its recommendations to secure the lowest common measure of agreement among the Congress, the Moderates and other groups.
