In his book Guilty Men of India’s Partition, socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia wrote: [Congress leaders] paid no heed to Gandhiji’s wish to let the Muslim League govern the country by itself, because they were far too eager to do the business of governing themselves. In fact, they were shamelessly eager. They could have been somewhat more patient, for their own personal advantage. They might not have needed to be patient for too long. Mr Jinnah would either have called them back to keep him company or they would have known how to make him go, if he acted too hurtfully. Congress leaders did
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