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- I don´t think Congress should take up Viceroy Irwin's proposition and go to London to the Round Table Confrence as other (minority) groups (Sikhs, the Untouchalbles and princes) will be there. I especially dislike the princes, they're just pawns of the Raj!
- Going there would only mean our wants as Congress would be severely compromised!
- I'm also unsure wether to support the young hooligans and risk another non cooperation campaign ending in violence, with my reputation and Congress being left tarnished or to go with the modrates and settle with dominion staus
- Congress is much too divided and I'm afraid will begin settling with diffrenet factions and bring them into conflict for their own advantage.
- the movement towards purna swaraj through militance will be the best way for Congress to re-assert ourselves as the leading political group and the voice for all of India.
- the working committee of my choice will direct the actions of congress in the months ahead.
- Months after the Lahore Congess, Gandhi is joined in his salt march by thousands including the untouchables and peasenst.
- the government has been taxing the very commodity needed to sustain life (salt), costing the average indian 3 annas yearly, and has a monolpoly on its production. We must protest this!
- I have launced a non-violent political protest againt the salt tax, which is a symbol of British power and oppression.
- I have picked a piece of sea salt from the shore and broken the law. I urge all my fellow Indians to do the same and help themselves to all the salt that they need!
- Thousans of Indian peasenst followed Gandhi's intruction and broke the law to obtain they salt that they needed. A war against the taxing of salt was declared...
- Hundreds of peasents arrested and imprisonsed.
- - Jawaharlal Nehru was sentence to 6 months imprisonment on 14 April 1930.- Gandhi was arrested and imprisoned in May.- There were mass arrests of national local Congress leaders.- This sparked strikes and protests throughout India and caused. moderates to sympathise with Gandhi.- In June 1930, the entire Working Committee of Congress was arrested.
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