NEW DELHI: “My attention has been drawn to the press report of the cable sent by the so-called Sapru Conciliation Committee to Lord Wavell who is now in London; Sir Tej Sapru and his associates have been passing off under different labels from time to time, first as All-Party Conference then as No-Party Conference and now they have assumed the label of Conciliation Committee,” says Mr. M.A. Jinnah in course of a statement issued to the Press.

The Qaid-e-Azam adds: “They are nothing but the hand-maids of the Congress and have played and are playing to the tune of Mr. Gandhi. Their pompous and pious profession that they are a detached and independent body of men is utterly false and this is clear from their previous activities and resolutions and from the character and the nature of the present resolution they have passed conveying their proposals to Lord Wavell … [I]f accepted, the Muslim aspirations and their national demand of Pakistan would be torpedoed by this subtle and flanking movement.

“Muslim India will not accept any attempt to change the present constitution in any way which would directly or indirectly be on the basis of united India….”

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2020