Whereas the Hindu caste system is a direct negation of nationalism, equality, democracy and all the noble ideals that Islam stands for;
Whereas, different historical backgrounds, traditions, cultures social and economic orders of the Hindus and the Muslims made impossible the evolution of a single Indian Nation inspired by common aspirations and ideals and whereas after centuries they still remain two distinct major nations;
Whereas, soon after the introduction by the British of the policy of setting up political institutions in India on the lines of westem democracies based on majority rule which means that the majority of the nation or society could impose its will on the minority of the nation or society in spite of their opposition as amply demonstrated during the two and half years’ regime of ‘Congress Governments in the Hindu majority provinces under the Government of India Act, 1935, when the Muslims were subjected to untold harassment and oppression as a result of which they were convinced of the futility and ineffectiveness of the so-called safeguards provided in the constitution and in the Instruments of Instructions to the Governors and were driven to the irresistible conclusion that in a United India Federation, if established, the muslims even in Muslims majority provinces, could meet with no better fate and their rights and interests could never be adequately protected against the perpetual Hindu majority at the centre;
Whereas the Muslims are convinced that with a view to saving Muslim India from the domination of the Hindus and in order to afford them full scope to develop themselves according to their genius, it is necessary to constitute a sovereign, independent state comprising Bengal and Assam in the North-East zone and in Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan in the NorthWest zone;
This convention of the Muslim League legislators of India, central and provincial, after careful consideration, hereby declares that the Muslim nation will never submit to any constitution for a United India and will never participate in any single constitutionmaking machinery set up for the purpose, and any formula devised by the British government for transferring power from the British to the people of India, which does not conform to the following just and equitable principles calculated to maintain intemal peace and tranquility in the country, will not contribute to the solution of the Indian problem:
- That the zones comprising Bengal and Assam in the North East and the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan in the North West of India, namely Pakistan Zones, where the Muslims are in a dominant majority, be constituted into one sovereign independent state and that an unequivocal undertaking be given to implement the establishment of Pakistan without delay.
- That two separate constitution making bodies be set up by the peoples of Pakistan and Hindustan for the purpose of framing their respective constitutions.
- That the minorities in Pakistan and Hindustan be provided with safeguards on the line of the All India Muslim League resolution passed on March 23, 1940 at Lahore,
- That the acceptance of the Muslim League demand for Pakistan and its implementation without delay are the sine qua non for the Muslim League co-operation and participation in the formation of an interim Goverment at the centre.
This convention further emphatically declares that any attempt to impose a constitution on a United India basis or to force any interim arrangement at the centre contrary to the Muslim demand, will leave the Muslims no alternative but to resist such imposition by all possible means for their survival and national existence.
জনাব সোহরাওয়ার্দীর বক্তৃতার পরে প্রায় বিশ-পঁচিশজন নেতা বিভিন্ন প্রদেশ থেকে বক্তৃতা করেন এবং প্রস্তাবটা সমর্থন করেন। জনাব আবুল হাশিম সাহেবও চমৎকার বক্তৃতা করেছিলেন। প্রস্তাবটি সর্বসম্মতিক্রমে পাস হওয়ার পরে জনাব লিয়াকত আলী খান একটা শপথনামা পেশ করেন এবং সমস্ত প্রদেশের আইনসভার মুসলিম লীগ দলীয় সদস্যরা এতে দস্তখত করেন।
