In March 1947, Lord Wavell was recalled and was replaced by Lord Mountbatten as Viceroy of India. His appointment had been greatly welcomed by the Congress & his relations with Nehru were said to be good. When Lord Mountbatten reached India in March 1947, he found India in a grip of civil war in the shape of ‘communal riots’.
He soon realized that there was no way out of the tangle other than partition. Thus on 3 June, he announced his plan. The 3 June Plan or otherwise known as the Mountbatten Plan provided:
The areas of the subcontinent not represented in the Constitutional Assembly were to decide whether their constitution was to be framed by the existing Constitutional Assembly or by a new one. The Legislatures of Bengal and Punjab were each to meet in two parts representing the Muslim majority areas and the rest of the province.