Question

How did the Dalit leaders respond to the Civil Disobedience Movement? Were they politically empowered after the signing of the Poona Pact in September 1932?​

Answer 1

The 1931 Poona Pact shaped India’s Dalit political representation, and its implications are felt even in today’s parliamentary elections. At the heart of it lay a fundamental difference in their points of view. While Gandhi saw untouchability as a social issue, Ambedkar understood caste as a political one