Maulavi Hatem Ali directed his attack towards British Imperialism, which had kept both Hindus and Muslims in bondage. He wanted them to rise against British Imperialism as one man as Russia had risen against its imperial masters under the leadership of Lenin. An idea of the storm that was brewing behind the scenes can be made from a secret S.B. report about the meeting on 27 May 1941 at the residence of Fazlul Huq of several MLAs, who wanted to form a new party to safeguard the interests of the Bengal Muslims. Relations between the two groups in the Coalition Party had become so embittered that there was a cabinet crisis in Bengal. The new ministry started working under several constraints. The Chief Minister Fazlul Huq was the only leader ‘who had a real mass appeal’45 and was genuinely eager for promoting communal harmony.