"The Congress was reluctant to include the demands of industrial workers in its programme of struggle." Analyse the reasons.
DELHI - SET 3 2015
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The Congress was reluctant to include the demands of industrial workers in its programme of struggle:
  1. The industrialists came closer to the Congress, but the workers stayed aloof.
  2. Congress felt this would alienate industrialists.
  3. It would divide its anti-imperial forces.
  4. Civil Disobedience Movement would be weakened.
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