AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
The Congress feared that including workers' demands would alienate industrialists, who were important financial supporters of the movement. Since industrialists provided funds and boycotted foreign goods, the Congress did not want to antagonise them. It also worried that raising such demands would divide the anti-imperial forces at a critical time.
Source: Chapter 2, Section 3.2 – How Participants saw the Movement
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The passage directly states: "Congress was reluctant to include workers' demands as part of its programme… It felt that this would alienate industrialists and divide the anti-imperial forces." Examiners expect both reasons mentioned — alienating industrialists and dividing anti-imperial forces — for full 2 marks. Keep the answer concise and stick to the textbook's exact reasoning; do not add outside information.