Why Indian national congress did not support the demands of industrial working class
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Indian national congress did not support the demands of industrial working class because -
- It felt that this would alienate the industrialists
- It also felt that this would divide the anti-imperial forces.
NOTE -
The industrial classes participated in the Civil Disobedience movement because of the following reasons:
1.During the First World War, some of the Indian merchants and industrialists had made huge profits, had become powerful and were keen on expanding their business.
2.They reacted against colonial policies because the colonial policies restricted their business activities.
3. They wanted protection against:
- Imports of foreign goods
- Rupee-sterling foreign exchange ratio to discourage imports.
- Decline in export duty.
4. To organise business interests, they formed their own associations and participated with full enthusiasm in the Civil Disobedience movement.
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Indian national congress make a demand of a constituent assembly earlier in Nehru report in 1928 but was repeated by INC in 1934 . It was demanded for the India to have it's own constitution without any interference from any foreign interference.
In the initial phases of the Indian National movement, the Congress did not consider the role of the industrialists and the labour movements to be an important part of their agenda.
However, later, they became proto-Capitalist in that they included labour activities as resources in the freedom struggle.
They wanted to include whole group, also, if the demands of the workers would be taken in then industrialists would be offended which Congress did not want.