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Agreement Imperative. Before the new plan can be put into effect, the Congress party and the Moslem League must agree to equal representation in the Executive Council. The Moslems, who are outnumbered by the Hindus, like this idea.* Bhulabhai Desai, Congress leader in the Assembly (TIME, March 19) with whom Viscount Wavell reportedly discussed this question, hopes that the Congress party will also agree. But diehard nationalists may hold out against British control of finance and of defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Wavell Plan | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

...blaze of speculation and hope had sprung up around two secondary political figures-the Congress party's Bhulabhai Desai, 67, and the Moslem League's Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan, 49, who reportedly had set out to break the interminable deadlock. Both were members of the Central Legislative Assembly in New Delhi, both felt that they could negotiate with the British authorities more freely than their policy-bound leaders, Mohandas Gandhi and Mohamed Ali Jinnah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Plan | 3/19/1945 | See Source »

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