Mention any three reasons for the acceptance of his plan by the Congress.

(1) The communal riots that had followed Direct Action Day in August 1946 had spread across the country, and the Congress felt that partition was the only way to end the killing. (2) The Muslim League’s obstruction inside the Interim Government had shown that a united India with the League as an unwilling partner would be unworkable; a smaller but strong and united India was preferable to a large but weak and divided one. (3) Any further delay risked civil war and the disintegration of the country, as the Princely States might have declared independence; accepting the plan secured immediate freedom and a strong central government for the rest of India.

One mark per reason, argued from the CONGRESS point of view — the question asks why they accepted, not what the plan contained. The three strongest are: to stop the communal violence, because a united India with the League was unworkable, and to avoid civil war and further delay. One honest closing line adds weight: Gandhiji opposed the partition to the last, so the decision was not unanimous within the Congress.