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187 عظم کانفرنس میں مسلم زعماء میں حضرت چوہدری محمد ظفر اللہ خان صاحب، سر آغا خاں اور حضرت قائد اعظم محمد علی جناح پیش پیش تھے۔گول میز کانفرنس میں مسلم حقوق کی ترجمانی ایک جہاد سے کم نہیں تھی خصوصاً اس لئے کہ انگریزی حکومت اس وقت آل انڈیا نیشنل کانگرس کی عددی اکثریت سے لزرہ بر اندام تھی اور انگریزی ڈپلومیسی در پردہ مسلم حقوق کو نظر انداز کرنے اور کانگرس کی خوشنودی حاصل کرنے پر تلی ہوئی تھی۔یہی وجہ ہے کہ قائد اعظم محمد علی جناح نے 12 نومبر 1930ء کو انگریزی حکومت کو انتباہ کیا: "When you say that a large, a very influential party in India stands for wrecking or misusing the future constitution, I ask you this question۔Do you want those parties who have checked, held in abeyance the party that stands for complete independence, do you want those people to go back with this answer from you that nothing can be done because there is a strong party which will misuse or wreck the constitution which we will get from you۔Is that the answer you want to give? Now let me tell you the tremendous fallacy of that argument and the grave danger۔Seventy millions of Mussulmans all, barring a few individuals here and there, have kept aloof from the non- cooperation movement۔Thirty-five or forty millions of depressed classes have set their face against the non co operation movement۔Sikhs and Christians have not joined it۔And let me tell you that even amongst that party which you characterize as a large party and I admit that it is an important party it has not got the support of the bulk of Hindus۔Do you want every one of the parties who have still maintained that their proper place is to go to this conference, and across the table to negotiate and come to a settlement - -