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Gandhiji on the Indian Elite

When his turn came to speak, Gandhiji charged the Indian elite with a lack of concern for the labouring poor. The opening of the BHU, he said, was "certainly a most gorgeous show". But he worried about the contrast between the "richly bedecked noblemen" present and "millions of the poor" Indians who were absent. Gandhiji told the privileged invitees that "there is no salvation for India unless you strip yourself of this jewellery and hold it in trust for your countrymen in India". "There can be no spirit of self-government about us," he went on, "if we take away or allow others to take away from the peasants almost the whole of the results of their labour. Our salvation can only come through the farmer. Neither the lawyers, nor the doctors, nor the rich landlords are going to secure it." The opening of the BHU was an occasion for celebration, marking as it did the opening of a nationalist university, sustained by Indian money and Indian initiative. But rather than adopt a tone of self-congratulation, Gandhiji chose instead to remind those present of the peasants and workers who constituted a majority of the Indian population, yet were unrepresented in the audience. Gandhiji's speech at Banaras in February 1916 was, at one level, merely a statement of fact - namely, that Indian nationalism was an elite phenomenon, a creation of lawyers and doctors and landlords.

What was being taken away from the peasant?

Economic fruits of their labour

The correct answer is Option (2) → Economic fruits of their labour

The passage quotes Gandhiji saying, "if we take away or allow others to take away from the peasants almost the whole of the results of their labour." This sentence directly identifies the economic hardship and exploitation faced by the farmers as the primary issue. He is criticizing the elite for allowing this exploitation to happen, thereby profiting from the farmers' hard work while the farmers themselves remained poor.