Following the Congress’ decision to boycott the Simon Commission ‘at every stage and in every form’, an all-party conference was convened in February and May 1928 and a committee was formed under the chairmanship of Motilal Nehru to draft the proposed document.

However, when the Jamiat leaders studied the final draft, they realized that it did not contain crucial safeguards for the rights of the minorities. It is for this reason they rejected the Nehru Report adding that the draft is ‘ambiguous about the connotation of total religious freedom’ which could result in the perpetuation of the interests of the majority community at the expense of the minorities.