Question

State the drawbacks of the Lucknow Pact of 1916.

Answer 1

Dawbacks of the Lucknow Pact of 1916:

1. The Lucknow Pact was not concluded through mass participation. It was primarily a brainchild of the educated and rich Hindus and Muslims.

2. The Pact accepted in principle that the interests of the Hindus and Muslims were separate.

3. The Congress made this compromise with its secular ideology in order to achieve political unity with the Muslim leadership. This was done because it was thought that unity with the League would put more pressure on the British regime to grant political concessions.

4. By accepting separate electorates for Muslims, the Congress lost its secular claim. This played a role in future communal friction that flared up after 1940.