Answer:
(i)
Initially, Congress had ignored the dalits for fear of offending the sanatanis,
the conservative high-caste Hindus.
(ii) But Mahatma Gandhi believed that swaraj would not come even after a hundred
years if un touch ability was not eliminated.
(iii) He called them 'Harijans' and he himself cleaned
toilets to dignify the work of sweepers.
(iv) But many dalit leaders demanded reserved seats in
educational institutions and a separate electorate.
(v) So dalit participation in the Civil Disobedience
Movement was limited.
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