Question

5. Why had Congress ignored the dalits for long?


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Answer 1

Answer:

because they not play any role on that time or because Congress need support of higher class

Answer 2

Congress had ignored the Dalits for a long because for the following reasons,

• From around the 1930s, the people who were called 'untouchables' began to call themselves 'Dalits'.
• Congress had ignored Dalits because of the fear of offending the conservative high-caste Hindus.
• The father of our nation Mahatma Gandhi had declared that swaraj(self-rule) would not come if untouchability remained among the people.
• That is when Congress had started including Dalits.