●  In the last years of the war, C Rajgopalachari was instrumental in ngotiations between Gandhi and Jinnah

●  In 1944 he proposed a solution to the Indian Constitutional tangle through a formula of congress- league cooperation

●  CR formula of 1944:

o  The Muslim league was to endorse the demand for independence for the traditional period, i.e. Muslim league would support the congress’s demand for complete freedom and then majority provinces would go to plebiscite especially north eastern provinces.

o  At the end of war a commission would demarcate those contiguous areas in NWFP and NEI where Muslims were in majority.

o  In the event of separation, agreements would be and other essential purpose.

o  The terms would be binding only in case of transfer by Britain of full power and responsibility for full governance of India.

o  The Muslim league endorsing the congress demand for full independence and cooperating with it in forming an interim government in the transition period.