The second session of the Round Table Conference broke down on the question of: |
Gandhi's 'fast unto death'. Gandhi not being treated on equal terms. British Government unwilling to release all political prisoners. Separate electorates for the minorities. |
Separate electorates for the minorities. |
The correct answer is Option (4) → Separate electorates for the minorities. A second Round Table Conference was held in London in the latter part of 1931. Here, Gandhiji represented the Congress. However, his claims that his party represented all of India came under challenge from three parties: from the Muslim League, which claimed to stand for the interests of the Muslim minority; from the Princes, who claimed that the Congress had no stake in their territories; and from the brilliant lawyer and thinker B.R. Ambedkar, who argued that Gandhiji and the Congress did not really represent the lowest castes. The Conference in London was inconclusive, so Gandhiji returned to India and resumed civil disobedience. |