Modi Explains 1946 Plan: How Congress Nearly Lost Assam to East Pakistan

• PM Modi revived the 1946 Cabinet Mission Plan debate, claiming Congress nearly allowed Assam to join East Pakistan.
• The plan grouped Assam with Bengal (Group C), sparking fears of identity loss and absorption into a Muslim-majority region.
• Assam's first CM, Gopinath Bordoloi, fiercely resisted the grouping, even against his own Congress party.
• Mahatma Gandhi unequivocally backed Bordoloi, advising Assam to reject the plan and withdraw from the Constituent Assembly if needed.
• Jawaharlal Nehru, after initial caution, also supported Assam's right not to be forced into any grouping against its will.

Why It Matters: Bordoloi, backed by Gandhi and Nehru, saved Assam from a 1946 plan that could have linked it to East Pakistan.