Similarities of august offer and cripps mission
Answers
England’s appeasing gesture seeking active Indian co-operation in war efforts after fall of France
On Table
1) Dominion status post war
2) Expansion of viceroy's executive council
3) Setting a constituent assembly post war
4) Consent of minorities on new constitution
Relevance
First time demand for a constituent assembly was conceded
First time Dominion status was explicitly offered
Reaction
Congress rejected Dominion status as “as dead as a door nail”
Muslim League welcomed the veto power given to League (minorities)
British response to Individual Satyagrah, Dili chalo call and looming Japanese threat. Also, pressure from allies to onboard Indians.
On Table
1) Dominion status post war
2) Post war constituent assembly (partly elected by the provincial assemblies and partly nominated by the princes)
3) Provinces unwilling to join the Union could have a separate constitution and form a separate Union
Relevance
Option to have separate constitution— Blueprint for India's partition
Drafting Constitution solely in Indian hands now (not "mainly", as in August Offer)
Reaction
The Congress
Dominion status post dated cheque.
Princely states’ representatives to be elected not selected
Right to secede against the principle of national unity
The Muslim League
Criticised the idea of a single Indian Union as thought that the proposals denied the
right to self-determination