Consider the following statements about the Karachi Congress session of 1931:
1. Gandhi Irwin Pact was endorsed
2. It was for the first time, Congress spelt out the meaning of Swaraj for masses.
3. Resolutions related to Fundamental Rights and National Economic programme were adopted.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
In March 1931, a special session of the Congress was held at Karachi to endorse the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Six days before the session (which was held on March 29) Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were executed. Throughout Gandhi’s route to Karachi, he was greeted with black flag demonstrations by the Punjab Naujawan Bharat Sabha, in protest against his failure to secure commutation of the death sentence for Bhagat and his comrades:
Congress Resolutions at Karachi
● While disapproving of and dissociating itself from political violence, the Congress admired the ‘bravery’ and ‘sacrifice’ of the three martyrs.
● The Delhi Pact or Gandhi-Irwin Pact was endorsed.
● The goal of Purna Swaraj was reiterated.
● Two resolutions were adopted—one on Fundamental
Rights and the other on National Economic Programme — which made the session particularly memorable. The Resolution on Fundamental Rights guaranteed —
The Resolution on National Economic Programme
Included —
This was the first time the Congress spelt out what swaraj would mean for the masses — “in order to end exploitation of masses, political freedom must include economic freedom of starving millions.”
The Karachi Resolution was to remain, in essence, the basic political and economic programme of the Congress in later years.
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