Differences between nehru report and jinnah
- 1. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEHRUREPORTAND JINNAH'S 14 POINTS: There were some points of agreement in both (Separation of Sind from Bombay) and many points of disagreement. The major disagreements were: 1. The Nehru report (NR) rejected the idea of separate electorates for minorities. However, Jinnah's 14 points (JFP) demanded separate electorates for various communities. 2. The NR recommended 1/4th representation for Muslims at the Centre. The JFP demanded 1/3rd representation at the Centre. 3. According to the NR there would be not reserved seats for communities in Bengal and Punjab. However, reserved seats would be provided to Muslims communities in provinces where Muslim population was at least 10%. The JFP however demanded that adequate representation should be given to Muslims in all provinces; even if the population was less than 10%. The Delhi proposals had recommended that non-Muslim majority areas 1/3rd of the seats in the provincial assemblies should be reserved for Muslims and in Muslim majority areas, the number of seats reserved should be in proportion to the population. 4. Besides these. JFP had many demands; for example, a certain percentage of the Ministers in all cabinets also to be Muslims which was not recommended by the NR; which led to a lot of conflicts between the two reports. One more point that should be noted was there were differences within both the Congress and the Muslim League. A section of the Congress felt that acceptance of Dominion Status be the NR after the demand for complete Independence had been made in 1927 was a step down. Prominent among these leaders were Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru. Within the Muslim league two factions emerged; communal and nationalist. The Nationalist Muslims formed the Nationalist Muslim Party and participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement. The Muslim League did not