Question

why had for a long time the congress ignored the dalits, explain in brief.....

Answer 1

Its because they didnt wanted them to be educated to raise their voice and start questioning their illigal actions. And moreovet they provided them with fake voter cards to get petty votes and win elections.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The nation's 'untouchables', who from around the 1930s had begun to call themselves dalit or oppressed. For long the Congress had ignored the dalits, for fear of offending the sanatanis, the conservative high-caste Hindus