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Rajagopalachari resigns from Congress over Pakistan resolution

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Rajagopalachari resigns from Congress over Pakistan resolution
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C. Rajagopalachari left the Congress after his proposals to negotiate with the Muslim League were rejected, and opposed Quit India.

In 1942 C. Rajagopalachari argued that the Congress should accept the principle of Pakistan as a basis for negotiation with the Muslim League. The Madras Congress legislators passed resolutions along these lines, but the All India Congress Committee rejected them. Rajagopalachari resigned from the Congress and did not take part in the Quit India Movement. He later proposed the C. R. formula for Congress-League talks in 1944 and rejoined the party.

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