Mahatma Gandhi sensed that an independence movement with such disparate perspectives would be ineffective and could undermine the struggle for independence; hence, Gandhi suggested that the various independence factions should attempt to unite under the broad guise of civil liberties. In response to Gandhi's suggestion, the different Goan political factions met in Bombay in June 1947 to formally launch a campaign demanding that the Portuguese government ""quit India"". The Goan leadership believed that with the end of British colonial occupation, an end to Portuguese colonial occupation would logically follow. However, on 3 August 1947, Lohiaप्रारूप:Clarify announced that Goa's independence would not coincide with Indian national independence and that the Goans would have to continue their struggle, ""not just for civil liberties, but for freedom itself"".प्रारूप:Citation needed