The Congress passed a resolution for the renewal of the Civil Disobedience Movement. On January 4, 1932, Gandhiji was arrested.
Governement resorted to repression, issued Ordinances and assumed special powers.
The Congress was declared illegal.
Congress leaders were arrested and heir properties were seized.
Communalism was fanned.
Gradually the Civil Disobedience Movement lost its force. Congress called it off in 1934.