Correct Option
The Cabinet Mission Plan, presented in 1946, explicitly rejected the demand for a separate sovereign state of Pakistan. The Mission's rationale for this rejection included:
- The proposed Pakistan would have contained a substantial non-Muslim population, making a clean territorial division impractical.
- Concerns regarding the economic and administrative viability of a truncated Pakistan.
Instead, the plan advocated for a federal structure for India with significant provincial autonomy, aiming to maintain the unity of India. Therefore, the statement "Acceptance of Pakistan" is not correct regarding the Cabinet Mission Plan.
Incorrect Options
These options describe provisions that were indeed part of the Cabinet Mission Plan:
- Provincial grouping: The plan proposed a three-tier federal structure. Provinces were to be grouped into three sections:
- Group A: Hindu-majority provinces.
- Group B: Muslim-majority provinces in the North-West.
- Group C: Muslim-majority provinces in the North-East.
Each group was intended to have its own constitution, and provinces had the right to opt out of a group after the first general elections.
- Interim Cabinet of Indians: The plan provided for the formation of an Interim Government composed predominantly of Indian political leaders. An Interim Government was subsequently formed in September 1946, with Jawaharlal Nehru as its Vice-President.
- Constitution framing right: The Cabinet Mission Plan empowered Indians to frame their own Constitution. It proposed the establishment of a Constituent Assembly, elected by provincial legislative assemblies, for this purpose.