Given below are two statements: Statement I: The Indian National Congress rejected the ‘Cripps Proposal’ because Congress was not convinced with the dominion status offered by the British. Statement II: The Muslim League accepted the ‘Cripps Proposal’ because the indirectly demand of Pakistan was accepted by the proposal. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Cripps Mission

• The objective of the Cripps mission was to get the support of India in World War II, Cripps Mission was sent to India in 1942.

The Main Proposals of this mission are

• Dominion status to India after the war.
• Constitution-making body after the war.
• Members of this assembly would be partly elected by the provincial assemblies through proportional representation and partly nominated by the princes.
• Any province which wouldn't accept the new constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with the British.
• The Indian National Congress rejected the 'Cripps Proposal' primarily due to its dissatisfaction with the dominion status offered by the British. The Congress desired complete independence, rather than the limited autonomy proposed in the Cripps Mission. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
• The Muslim League did not accept the 'Cripps Proposal' because they didn’t like the idea of single union of India. In fact, the Muslim League also rejected the proposal as it did not adequately address their demands for safeguards for Muslim interests and the creation of Pakistan. Hence, Statement 2 is not correct.