 In September 1944 , Jinnah and Gandhi , who had by then been released from his palatial prison , met for the very first time at the Muslim leader 's home on Malabar Hill in Bombay . Two weeks of talks followed , which resulted in no agreement . Jinnah insisted on Pakistan being conceded prior to the British departure , and to come into being immediately on their departure , while Gandhi proposed that plebiscites on partition occur sometime after a united India gained its independence . In early 1945 , Liaquat and the Congress leader <unk> Desai met , with Jinnah 's approval and agreed that after the war , the Congress and the League should form an interim government and that the members of the Executive Council of the Viceroy should be nominated by the Congress and the League in equal numbers . When the Congress leadership was released from prison in June 1945 , they repudiated the agreement and censured Desai for acting without proper authority . 
