Who viewed the Cripps proposal as a 'post-dated cheque upon a crashing bank'?

Correct answer: (a) Mahatma Gandhi

Explanation

After the Japanese forces captured Rangoon, under pressure from the United States, the British Government decided to send Sir Stafford Cripps (a member of the British Cabinet) to India, so that a solution could be found through talks with Indian leaders. Cripps stayed in India for three weeks (March–April 1942) and, after discussions with Indian leaders, announced his proposals as a draft. Mahatma Gandhi described it as a “post-dated cheque”; according to Sarvepalli Gopal’s book Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography, the words “on a crashing bank” were added by a journalist.