The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 2
l 2 l a n d M u s s a l m ans, a n d to submit their rep ort to the All India C on g r e s s C o m m ittee not later than the 31st March, 1927. " In c o m p l i an c e with these directions the Working C o m m i t t ee h e l d c onfe r ence s with Hindu and Muslim le a de r s. On t h e 20th M arc h , 1927 , some prominen t M u s l i m l e a d e r s m et to g eth e r in Delh i and pu t forward c er t a i n p r o po s a l s f or the solution o f the Hindu-Muslim d i ff er e nc es , t h e s um an d substance o f Y1hich was tha t t h e M u s s a l m a n s wer e p r e pared t o a gree to joint electo r - a t e s , pro v i ded : (i ) S i n d was mad e int o a sep arat e province. (i i) T h e N. W. F. P r ovinces ard Baluchistan wer e t r e a t e d on the same footin g as the other pro -. v1 n c es. (ii i ) I n t h e Punj a b and Ben ga l the pro po rtion o f r e p r esen t a ti on wa s i n accordance with th e p o pu l a ti o n. (i v) I n t h e C en t ra l Le gi s lature Muslim represent a- - ti on w a s n o t to be les s than one-third. I mm e di at e l y a ft e r t h e publication of th the Congr e s s W o r k i n g Co mm ittee in re cord;d i ts appr e c i a t i o n o f t he ca th e M us s a lma n s to wal" d s the -. l'I- tdftite a n d esp JfeS ae d th e l i ope - -� the • proposa l s, a ra p p t. o c h e m en t � mi ght be e ff ecte d. La t er in JA. y I W o �kin s � m i t tee met apin pro 1> os als t,f *- M>l•• 1 t ie n in • ;r�th• �JI\P l � o t m tJJP. Co ur • •• C o pJpl i - � ' � a q]u. ti o n - b i8 1 i -ht. . . . . . � · ,d. \. 11!1!1. n;• Co