ABSTRACT
On the advice of the British cabinet, the viceroy tried to persuade the parties to limit the debate on a post-war constitution and to send representatives to Hitler executive council immediately and permit them to assume charge of government departments. The working committee of the Muslim League, however, expressed its satisfaction with the viceroy's announcement and gave a mandate to Jinnah to seek further details from Linlithgow. During the war Jinnah maintained a thoroughly planned and balanced attitude on the question of help in the war effort. The Congress was opposed to the "after the war" aspects of the plan. It also objected to the potential for the partitioning of the country contained in the scheme. The working committee on July 6, at Wardha said that if the British did not agree to leave India at once the Congress would launch a war against Britain with all the force of non-violence it could command.
