Question

why were the dialogues at the Round Table Conference inconclusive​

Answer 1

AnswEr :

1. The First Round Table Conference was held in November 1930. It did not yield any concrete result as no important Indian leader participated in it. So Mahatma Gandhi was released in January, 1931 and the Round Table Conference was held in February, 1931.

It was attended by Mahatma Gandhi. So it culminated in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Under this Pact, Mahatma Gandhi agreed to call off his Civil Disobedience Movement. The British agreed to release all the prisoners. They also agreed to allow the manufacture of salt along the sea coast. Many leaders criticised this pact as it did not say anything about the complete independence of India.

2. The Second Round Table Conference was held in the later part of 1931 at London. Gandhiji attended it on behalf of the Congress. However his claim that Congress represented the whole of India was unacceptable to the Muslim League which claimed to represent the cause of all Muslims. The Princes also did not agree with Gandhi as they believed that the Congress had no stake in their territories. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, a lawyer and thinker, also did not agree with Gandhiji. He states that congress did not represent the people belonging to lowest castes. So this conference remained inconclusive.

☯ Unsuccessfulness or inconclusiveness of the Round Table Conferences :

†The Conferences in London were inconclusive, so Gandhiji returned to India and resumed civil disobedience. The new Viceroy, Lord Willingdon, was deeply unsympathetic to the Indian leaders. Due to unfairly attitude of the British Government, stubbornness of Muslim League and wrong attitude of princely states, rulers as well as of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Gandhiji could not success in his mission and he reached Bombay with empty hands.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The dialogues at the Round Table Conference were inconclusive because:

• The first meeting was held in November 1930, it was considered unsuccessful because all the political leaders in India were not present at the meeting.
• The Second Round Table Conference was held during the latter part of 1931.

Explanation:

The Round Table Conference dialogues were inconclusive because of the following factors:

1. The First Round Table Conference took place in November 1930 during the time when the Civil Disobedience Movement was being conducted by the Congress. Thus, none of its leaders were there in the conference and with no Congress participation, it could not become successful.
2. The Second Round Table Conference took place in February 1931. A month earlier, Mahatma Gandhi was released free from jail. Hence, he volunteered in the Conference. Gandhi Irwin pact was then signed and the British government provided their agreement on the withdrawal of salt law partly. But the agreement faced criticism as it did not talk regarding complete independence of India.
3. The Third Round Table Conference the latter half of 1931 during which the fresh constitutional developments were not accepted because other participants of the Conference explained Congress as a representation of a smaller group of Indians but not the whole population. Gandhiji was represented as the only representative of Congress. But his representation was seen to be challenged by the Muslim League, B.R. Ambedkar, and the Princes.

Under such circumstances of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Moslem League, and the attitude of the princely states, the Conference became inconclusive and could not form any decision.