Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission?
✓ Correct answer: c) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad
ExplanationThe Cripps Mission of 1942 was sent by the British government to secure Indian support during World War II in exchange for a promise of post war constitutional reforms.The Congress Party engaged in negotiations, although the proposal was ultimately rejected.Option (c) is correct: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad were the official Congress negotiators with the Cripps Mission.They rejected the proposal because it did not grant immediate independence, allowed provinces to opt out of a united India, and retained British control during the war.Gandhi famously referred to the offer as a “post-dated cheque on a crashing bank”, reflecting the discontent with the mission’s limited concessions.122
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