Let those who demand communal representation with separate electorate in all the representative institutions of the land, honestly confess that they do not believe in nationalism or in a united India. The two things are absolutely irreconcilable ... This lends weight to the fear entertained by some Hindus that some, at least, of the Muslim leaders, are counting on the help of foreign Muslim states to establish Muslim rule throughout Hindustan. Whether this fear is, or is not well-founded, it is only natural that those who entertain it should oppose communal representation with all the strength they can command ...
My suggestion is that the Punjab should be partitioned into two provinces, the Western Punjab with a largeMuslim majority to be Muslim-governed province; and the Eastern Punjab with a large Hindu-Sikh majority to be non- Muslim-governed province. I do not discuss Bengal ... I will make the same suggestion in their case, but if Bengal is prepared to accept Mr. C.R. Das's Pact, I have nothing to say ...
Maulana Hasrat Mohani has recently said that the Muslims will never agree to India's having Dominion Status under the British. What they aim at are separate Muslim States in India united with Hindu States under a National Federal Government. He is also in favour of smaller States containing compact Hindu and Muslim populations. If communal representation with separate electorates is to be the rule, then Maulana Hasrat's scheme as to smaller provinces seems to be the only workable proposition Under my scheme the Muslims will have four Muslim States:
(1) The Pathan Province or the North-West Frontier
(2) Western Punjab
(3) Sind
(4) Eastern Bengal.
If there are compact Muslim communities in any other part of India, sufficiently large to form a province, they should be similarly constituted. But it should be distinctly understood that this is not a united India. It means a clear partition of India into a Muslim India and a non-Muslim India. (Source:The Evolution of Pakistan by S. Pirzada)