UPSC CSE Prelims 2022
Statement 2 is correct. The Cripps Mission, dispatched in March 1942, proposed that after the Second World War, a new Indian Union would be formed with Dominion status. A key provision of this proposal was that any province or princely state unwilling to accept the new Constitution would have the right to sign a separate agreement with the British government regarding its future status. This clause effectively allowed for the potential secession of provinces, laying the groundwork for the idea of partition.
Statement 1 is incorrect. The Cripps Mission proposed that the Constituent Assembly would be formed by members elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies (through proportional representation) and members nominated by the Princely States. It was not proposed that members would be nominated by both Provincial Assemblies and Princely States; rather, Provincial Assemblies would elect representatives, and Princely States would nominate their representatives.