Question

The Congress was reluctant to include the demands of industrial workers in its programme of struggle.explain

Answer 1

Following were the reasons that the Congress was not interested in including their demands :
(i) A large number of merchants and industrialists supported this movement. They reacted against colonial policies that restricted their business activities. They wanted protection against imports of foreign goods.

Answer 2

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The Congress was reluctant to include the demands of industrial workers in its

programme of struggle because:

• (i) The industrial working classes did not participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement in large numbers, except in the Nagpur region.
• (ii) As the industrialists came closer to the Congress, workers stayed aloof.
• (iii) The Congress felt that by including workers’ demands as part of its programme of struggle it would alienate industrialists and divide the anti-imperial forces.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀