Resolution of March 1940 and its subsequent adoption by the Muslim League to the Congress’s consistent attempts to deny the Muslim community a religio-political entity of their own. The controversy start when, on September 18, 1936, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru said: The real contest is between two forces the Congress which represents the will to freedomof the nation and the British Government in India supporters who oppose this urge and try to suppress it. Intermediate groups, whatever virtue they may possess, fade out or line up with one of the principal forces . 
Nehru later referred to his “two-force” formula in January 10, 1937 too. This stance indicated a paradigmatic shift in the Congress’s erstwhile policy. In tandem, since 1915,the Congress had always considered the Muslim League as the most authoritative Muslim body, but for over two decades now, whenever Congress negotiated the Hindu-Muslim problems, it was always with Jinnah and the Muslim League. Nehru’s strategy did pay off immensely. The Congress scored a sweeping majority of the seats, and established its government. But Nehru’s calculations went awry, and of all the Muslim seats available only 26. Out of these seats, 19 of them were in NWFP alone, where Abdul Ghaffar Khan had given the Congress a decisive hold.http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/spedition/23march2010/index.html
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