Editing Quit India Movement (section)

==Resolution for immediate independence==
The Congress Working Committee meeting at [[Wardha]] (14 July 1942) adopted a resolution demanding complete independence from the [[British government]]. The draft proposed massive [[civil disobedience]] if the British did not accede to the demands. It was passed at Bombay

However, it proved to be controversial within the party. A prominent Congress national leader, [[Chakravarti Rajgopalachari]], quit the Congress over this decision, and so did some local and regional level organisers. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Maulana Azad]] were apprehensive and critical of the call, but backed it and stuck with Gandhi's [[leadership]] until the end. [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], [[Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]] openly and enthusiastically supported such a disobedience movement, as did many veteran Gandhians and socialists like [[Asoka Mehta]] and [[Jayaprakash Narayan]].

[[Allama Mashriqi]], head of the [[Khaksar Tehrik]], was called by Jawaharlal Nehru to join the Quit India Movement. Mashriqi was apprehensive of its outcome and did not agree with the Congress Working Committee's resolution. On 28 July 1942, Allama Mashriqi sent the following telegram to [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]], [[Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]], [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]], [[C. Rajagopalachari]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Pattabhi Sitaramayya]]. He also sent a copy to [[Bulusu Sambamurti]] (former Speaker of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly#Madras Presidency|Madras Assembly]]). The telegram was published in the press, and stated:

{{Blockquote|I am in receipt of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's letter of 8 July. My honest opinion is that Civil Disobedience Movement is a little pre-mature. The Congress should first concede openheartedly and with handshake to Muslim League the theoretical [[Pakistan]], and thereafter all parties unitedly make demand of Quit India. If the British refuse, start total disobedience.<ref>Yousaf, Nasim (2007). ''Hidden facts behind British India's freedom: a scholarly look into Allama Mashraqi and [[Quaid-e-Azam]]'s political conflict''. AMZ Publications, p. 137. {{ISBN|0976033380}}</ref>}}

The resolution said:
{{Blockquote|The committee, therefore, resolves to sanction for the vindication of India's inalienable right to freedom and independence, the starting of a mass struggle on non-violent lines on the widest possible scale, so that the country might utilise all the non-violent strength it has gathered during the last 22 years of peaceful struggle... they [the people] must remember that non-violence is the basis of the movement.}}