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The Muslim League accepted the Cabinet Mission Plan because it saw in 'Grouping of Provinces' the seeds of Pakistan. In this context answer the following questions:
(a) How were the Provinces proposed to be grouped under the Cabinet Mission Plan?
(b) What was the Congress viewpoint regarding grouping of Provinces?
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(a) Under the Cabinet Mission Plan, the Provinces would be divided into three Groups.
- Provinces would be free to form groups and each Group would be like a Regional Union.
- 'Group A' would include Madras, Bombay, U.P., Bihar, Central Provinces and Orissa.
- 'Group B' comprised Punjab, NWFP and Sindh.
- 'Group C' included Assam and Bengal.
(b) The Congress Working Committee sought an assurance that the proposed Constituent Assembly would be a sovereign body and that the Provinces should be free to opt out of a Group to which they did not wish to belong. This was important in view of the fact that Assam in the proposed 'Group C' had a Congress government at that time.
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