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I know this mate , it was Nehru & his lust for power who rejected it, you will be amazed to learn that it was Qauid-e-Azam Md.Ali Jinnah & Mahatma Gandhi, who agreed to the cabinet mission plan , when Gandhi ji supported Md.Ali Jinnah in this, Nehru felt betrayed by Gandhi (note the role of Gandhi in negotiation with the British, diminished considerably after that , as Nehru made sure that Gandhi becomes symbolic rather then have a say in political matters in the real term) in fact the cabinet mission plan was the undisputed victory of both Qauid-e-Azam & Allama Iqbal , as the struggle from the beginning was to secure two large autonomous provinces within the framework of a federation , I think even Ayub Khan had also proposed a joint Indo-Pak defense agreement , in a federation with two autonomous province & Quaid e Azam Md.Ali Jinnah as its prime minister, the Quaid would almost certainly make sure that the arm forces had the maximum numbers of Muslims , & that would be the masterstroke with which, the power of running federal India would ultimately favour the Muslims , it was the best solution ,which power hungry Nehru & the ever deceitful British had to ruin it, & they did
he who has the Army, has the keys to Authority !
and without being rude I would like to point that as they say, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating".
The principal idea behind the plan was to avoid Hindus discrimination of Muslims. With Pakistan a separate homeland the problem of Hindus is completely removed. Any what Jinnah finally got by rejection of the Cabinet plan i.e a country Pakistan (with no fear of Hindus domination) was practically 20 times more better then the Cabinet Mission Plan.
So Jinnah did succeed in his Mission as what he got in the form of Pakistan is even better than the Cabinet Mission Plan.
But today you can see Pakistan (a much more better outcome then Cabinet Mission Plan) is struggling to develop (I hope they do well in future though). So clearly if even the ideal version of Jinnah's plan is struggling, Cabinet Mission Plan was doomed from beginning. If Nehru had not rejected it India would not have been able to progress.
Nehru had the right idea of no discrimination based on religion as the basis of new country. Jinnah was wrong from the onset as he made religion the first pillar for forming a new country. From my viewpoint Nehru was a visionary leader, while Jinnah unfortunately cannot look beyond religion (though both were great political leaders).
If today India is successful (albeit moderately) its due to Nehru's rightful rejection of Cabinet Plan.
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