Why did Congress reject the offer of the Muslim League to form a Joint Government? Explain.
The Congress rejected the offer of the Muslim League to form a Joint Government because it had won an absolute majority in the United Provinces. Moreover, the Congress had rejected the Muslim League proposal for the coalition government partly because Congress wanted to abolish landlordism although the party had not taken any concrete steps in this direction. On the other hand, the Muslim League tended to support landlordism. Most importantly, the Congress had not achieved any substantial gains in the “Muslim Mass Contact” program it launched. In this way, Congress contributed to the widening of the rift between the Congress and the Muslim League
