There was even a proposal by some from the League and Subhas Chandra Bose’s brother Sarat Bose for a united, independent Bengal. As his politics became increasingly radicalized, Mookerjee left the Indian National Congress to join the Hindu Mahasabha in Bengal and became its ‘working president’ in 1940. Flush in the middle of Partition politics aired by the Muslim League, Mookerjee began to be heard. (The Muslim League and India’s Communist parties were also ranged against the Quit India Movement.) The ‘action’ was to ensure a British blueprint—the so-called Cabinet Mission Plan—for a Hindu majority India and a Muslim majority Pakistan went through; a plan the Congress resisted.

Source: Mint October 10, 2019 17:26 UTC