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Gandhiji was against the demand for separate electorates because he felt that this would slow down the process of integration of Dalits into the mainstream of society.

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When the Civil Disobedience Movement began, there was a climate of suspicion and hostility between communities. Minorities were concerned that their culture and identity would be lost under the dominance of a Hindu majority. For a long time, Congress disregarded the Dalits out of fear of upsetting the satanic, the orthodox high-caste Hindus. Finally, the British government agreed to Ambedkar's demand at the second Round Table Conference. Dr B.R. Ambedkar, who formed the Depressed Classes Association in 1930, fought with Mahatma Gandhi by advocating for separate electorates for Dalits. Gandhiji undertook a fast unto death. Separate electorates for Dalits, he argued, would delay the pace of their assimilation into society.

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