SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -About: From 22 March to 11 April 1942, Stafford Cripps, a member of the War Cabinet, was dispatched to India to discuss the British Government’s Draft Declaration on the Constitution of India with representative Indian leaders from all parties.

Detailed explanation-2: -It aimed to obtain Indian cooperation for the British war efforts. The main proposal of the Cripps Mission was the formation of an Indian Union with dominion status and the right to secede from the British Commonwealth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Congress wanted the responsibility of the country’s defence in the hands of the national government. Congress was not convinced with a dominion status offered by the British. The proposal did not allow the provinces to leave the Indian Union.