CONGRESS REJECTS BRITISH SCHEME

Chronicle (Levin), 17 June 1946, Page 5

CONGRESS REJECTS BRITISH SCHEME

LuXDOX, .Time 15. The Congress l'arly la.-l night linal]y vejected iu its pn'si-iit 1'onu the British 'uliiiift M i^-iou 's plans for iin interim Iinlinn Goyeniiiu'iil and also its i o n tenn proposals I'or 1 inlia \s ccjiist itutioual iHtme, says Keuter'.s Xew ltellii ('oiTespomh'iit. In :i letter to tlte Viceroy (Lord Wavell). Ihe Congress presitloiil (Dr. Azinlj is limlei luixi to lia\e rojeeled tlie interim nrrnngcmeiil on the grounil that the Viceroy hnd introdneed into all the tliseiisvions pnrilv of TepreM'iitat ioii, either lielween Congress and Ihe Moslem l.engue or between caste Himlns aml .Moslems. Congress eoidd iiol aeeepl a proposal I'or Ihe principle oi' parity in any i'orm. Dr. A/.ad "s letter added that Con-

I gress would also rejeet the long-term ; j proposals imless the Enropenn ineni- I I bers of the Bengal and Assam Legis- [ lative Asse.niblies were exeluded from j I participating in tlie elections for the t : ('onstituent Assemhly. Dr. Azad indicated that this was the | Congress working eommittee's last | , word on the mission ;s proposals. Any i new move mnst eonae from the mission. | Dr. Azad made it elear that Congress was ready and willing to eonsider fresh proposals. Reuter's eorrespondent adds that members of the British missions are imderstood to have def^rred their de- ' jiartnre, which was planned for June • 1 ti. Jt remains to be seen whether they will now take new steps to end the deadloek after eonsultation with London or eonfine themselves to issuing a stafement on the general situation before leaving Tndia.