 Gandhi 's reaction to the Lahore Resolution was muted ; he called it " baffling " , but told his disciples that Muslims , in common with other people of India , had the right to self @-@ determination . Leaders of the Congress were more vocal ; Jawaharlal Nehru referred to Lahore as " Jinnah 's fantastic proposals " while Chakravarti Rajagopalachari deemed Jinnah 's views on partition " a sign of a diseased mentality " . Linlithgow met with Jinnah in June 1940 , soon after Winston Churchill became the British prime minister , and in August offered both the Congress and the League a deal whereby in exchange for full support for the war , Linlithgow would allow Indian representation on his major war councils . The Viceroy promised a representative body after the war to determine India 's future , and that no future settlement would be imposed over the objections of a large part of the population . This was satisfactory to neither the Congress nor the League , though Jinnah was pleased that the British had moved towards recognising Jinnah as the representative of the Muslim community 's interests . Jinnah was reluctant to make specific proposals as to the boundaries of Pakistan , or its relationships with Britain and with the rest of the subcontinent , fearing that any precise plan would divide the League . 
