Question
'The Congress was reluctant to include the demands of industrial workers in its programme of struggle.' Analyse the reasons.
Solution
The reasons:
(i) It would have alienated the industrialists and divided the anti-imperialist forces.
(ii) The industrial working classes did not participate in the Civil Disobedience Movements in large numbers, except in the Nagpur region.
(iii) As the industrialist came closer to the Congress, workers stayed aloof.
