Question

leaderslike gandhi and jinnah criticized the rowlatt act as devilish why

Answer 1

because it restricted their freedom and further broke their hope of self governance .Thus this was criticised by gandhi and other leaders.

the act also abolished press and it was a major blow for the leaders who were accepting self governance.

Answer 2

Leaders like Gandhi and Jinnah criticised the Rowlatt Acts, which were enacted in 1919, after the legislation was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India, as the Acts contained provision for trial of certain political cases without the presence of juries and internment of suspected political activists without trial.