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Off to London (1928).
In 1928, when Jinnah left for London in the company of his Hindu friend Dewan Chaman Lal, in the ship, he said, "Jinnah has become tired of Indian politics. The vital issue before him is Hindu-Muslim Unity". In 1926, Jinnah was again elected member of the Central Legislative Assembly. Still, he felt the dire need for the Hindu-Muslim cooperation and unity for the larger interests of the Indians. .
Simon Commission (1927).
The British Government announced the appointment of the Simon Commission to look into the reforms and working of the Government of India Act 1919 (Montague-Chelmsford Reforms). It comprised six Britishers along with Sir John Simon as its President. It stepped into Bombay on 3rd February, 1928. Jinnah contacted the leaders of the political parties and arranged a meeting in Bombay with Dr. Dinshaw Petit in the chair. In the meeting he said that the Commission was unacceptable to the people of India. People chanted slogans "Simon go back". A group of Muslim League wanted to cooperate with the Simon Commission. .
Nehru Report (1928).
In 1924, Lord Birkenhead was appointed as the Secretary of State for India affairs in England. He wrote to Lord Reading, the Viceroy if India that India was unfit for self-rule. He thought that the relations between the Hindus and Muslims could never be bridged. However, he suggested to the Indians in 1928, to submit suggestions for the future constitution of India. In response, different political parties of India convened a meeting under the presidentship of Pandit Moti Lal Nehru, the father of Jawaharlal Nehru and published its report in August 1928. The Muslim League recommended to the Committee on Nehru Report that Muslim representation at both the Houses of the Central Legislative should be one third and the Residuary powers should remain with the provinces. The Nehru Report Committee rejected it. In Calcutta Conference, Jinnah said, "The Nehru Report cannot solve political problems of India.
