in December to meet Attlee, Cripps and Pethick-Lawrence. The inflexible arguments were enough to cause Nehru to return to India and announce that "we have now altogether stopped looking towards London." Meanwhile, Wavell commenced the Constituent Assembly, which the League boycotted. He anticipated that the League would enter it as it had joined the interim government. Instead, the Congress became more forceful and asked him to drop ministers from the Muslim League. Wavell was also not able to obtain a declaration from the British government that would articulate their goals. In the context of the worsening situation, Wavell drew up a breakdown plan that provided for a gradual British exit, but his plan was considered fatalistic by the Cabinet. When he insisted on his plan, he was replaced with Lord Mountbatten. See also Opposition to the partition of India References Bibliography Ian Talbot; Gurharpal Singh (23 July 2009). The Partition of India Cambridge University Press. Hermanne Kulke; Dietmar Rothermund. A History of India (4th ed.). Routledge Barbara Metcalf; Thomas Metcalf (2006). A Concise History of Modern India(PDF) (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press Stanley Wolpert (2009). A New History of India. Oxford University Press. Peter Hardy (7 December 1972). The Muslims of British India CUP Archive. . Further reading India's Constitutional Question – The Cabinet Mission Plan 1946 Indian independence movement Pakistan Movement Partition of India Cabinet 1946 in British India