Saturday, May 23, 2015

Conclusion of the Round Table Conference

The third and last session of the Round Table Conference was held in London on 17 Nov 1932. the members attending it were much less in number than those in the preceding session, and there was no representative of the Congress. The decisions taken by His Majesty's Government in the light of the  Conference were Published in a White Paper issued in March , 1933. It was condemned by leaders of all sections of Indian opinion , " One could not see in it any family resemblance to many of the recommendations of the Round Table Conference Committees. " This was in flagrant contravention of the assurances given by Lord Irwin in , 1934. July, 1930,
A bill prepared on the basis of the White Paper was introduced in the Prliament on 19 Dec 1934, and inspite of strenuous opposition of the die-hard section of the conservatives led by Churchill, was passed on 2Aug 1935.
Every section of public opinion in India expressed dissatisfaction with the Govt. of India Act 1935,
The Working Committee and All India Congress Committee met in Patna on 18-20 may, 1934 and as recommended  by Gandhi, suspended the Civil Disobedience Movement and accepted the entry into the Legislature as a part of the Programme of the Congress . The Working Committee , in accordance with the resolutions of the AICC, called upon all the Congressmen to give up Civil disobedience and the movement was officially terminated on May, 20  
  The Govt being satisfied lifted the ban on the Congress organisation except in Bengal and NWFP and announced a general policy of expediting the release of Civil disobedience prisoners.
This was the real tragedy of the Congress under the leadership of Gandhiji - a leadership which was not boldly disowned till it was too .late to  undo he mischief .
Shortly after the meeting of the Working Committee at Wardha on 15th Sept 1934, Gandhi had decided to tetire from the Congress and made no secret of it.

 

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