Why did the Congress accept the Mountbatten Plan?

(i) Large-scale communal riots were raging all over India and the only solution lay in partition (ii) The Muslim League had joined the Interim Government only to obstruct. The Congress knew that working with them as a joint administration would be impossible. (iii) National leaders felt that further delay could land India in a Civil War. (iv) A small federation with a strong centre was preferred over a large federation with a weak centre. (v) Partition was the price paid for immediate independence. The British were instigating rulers to remain independent. (vi) National leaders felt that partition would rid the constitution of seperate electorates and other undemocratic procedures.