The Congress shunned the interests of Dalits for fear of offending ____.

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The Congress shunned the interests of Dalits for fear of offending Santanis.
The "untouchables" of the country, who starting in the 1930s, started referring to themselves as Dalit or oppressed. For a very long time, Congress ignored the Dalits out of concern for upsetting the satanic, the traditional high-caste Hindus. For a long time, Congress ignored the Dalits out of concern for upsetting the conservative high-caste Hindu Sanatanis. However, Mahatma Gandhi warned that if untouchability was not eradicated, Swaraj would not arrive for another 100 years. His constructive program placed a strong emphasis on eliminating untouchability. He referred to them as the Harijans, Hindi for "children of God."

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