The Nehru Report and Muslim Rights — Page 3
[ 3 ] tion with other political parties and councillors, draft. a Swaraj Constitution and that in the preparation thereof it should invite suggestions from all the political, labour, commercial, and communal organisations. The Congress was shortly followed by the Liberal Federation which in a resolution, in addition to expressing its approval of the Moslem proposals, proposed a joint conference of the representatives of all communities to be called immediate ly in order to arrive at a settlement in the light of the Mos�em proposals. After this the Muslim League also in a meeting resolved that the League Council should ap point a sub-committee to co-operate with the Congress Working Committee in drafting a constitution for India in which the interest of the Muslim community will have been adequately safeguarded. While the Liberal Federation and the Muslim League passed the aforesaid resolutions, the Congress Working Committee, as directed by the Congr,�ss, invited to a con ference various bodies, of which the All-India Muslim League and the Khilafat Committee were the only two Muslim organiastions as against four Parsee Associations and three States' Subjects' Conferences. According to the Nehru-Report, most of these bodies sent their dele gates and the conference which was held at Delhi, lasted from 12th February till the 22nd of the same month. The MusJim League Council hastened to signify its disap proval of the resolutions passed at the Joint Conference, and thus the All-Parties Conference ceased to be re presentative of India and became a purely Hindu body. The Leagu•� Council went a step further. In another resolution it insisted that its delegates should press the representatives of various organisations to accept the Calcutta League Resolutions, and it explicitly laid down � hat the delegates should, before taking part in the fram ing of the constitution, report to the Council the progress