"Whereas the Muslims are convinced that with a view to saving Muslim India from the domination of the Hindus and in order to afford them full scope to develop themselves according to their genius it is necessary to constitute a sovereign independent state comprising Bengal and Assam in the North Hast zone and the Punjab, North-West Frontier Provinces, Sind and Baluchistan in the North-West zone:
This convention of the Muslim League Legislators of India Central and Provincial, after careful consideration hereby declares that the Muslim nation will never submit to any constitution for a United India and will never participate in any single constitution- making machinery set up for the purpose and any formula devised by the British Government for transferring power from the British to the people of India, which does not conform to the following just and equitable principles calculated to maintain internal peace and tranquility in the country will not contribute to the solution of the Indian problem:
(1) That the Zones comprising Bengal and Assam in the North-East, and the Punjab, the NWFP, Sind and Baluchistan in the North-West of India, namely the Pakistan Zones, where the Muslims are a dominant majority, be constituted into one sovereign independent state and that an unequivocal undertaking be given to implement the establishment of Pakistan without delay.
(2) That two separate constitution-making bodies be set up by the people of Pakistan and Hindustan for the purpose of framing their respective Constitutions.
(3) That the minorities in Pakistan and Hindustan be provided with safeguards on the line of the All India Muslim League Resolution passed on the 23rd March, 1940 at Lahore.
(4) That the acceptance of the Muslim League demand for Pakistan and its implementation without delay are the sine-quanon for the Muslim League co-operation and participation in the formation of an interim Government at the Centre.
This convention further emphatically declares that any attempt to impose a constitution on a United India basis or to force any interim arrangement at the Centre, contrary to the Muslim demand will leave the Muslims no alternative but to resist such imposition by all possible means for their survival and national existence.
