Mention any two reasons for the failure of Cripps Mission in India in 1942.
(i) The British government refused to accept the demand for immediate transfer of effective power to Indians.
(ii) On the other hand, the Indian leaders could not be satisfied by more promises for the future while the Viceroy retained his autocratic power in the present. The Congress rejected the proposals of the Cripps Mission. It asserted that the acceptance of these proposals would meant recognition of two nations theory.
(iii) It would also mean respectability to autocracy and widening of the gulf between British India and princely states and a great set back for the democratic force such as the All India States People Conference.