Why did the Indian National Congress ignore the Dalits for long?

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Due to fear from Britishers

Due to their liberal outlook

Due to the fear of offending the Sanatanis

Due to the fear of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

answer is C.

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The Indian National Congress ignored the Dalits for a long time due to the fear of offending the Sanatanis.
Some socioeconomic groups did not support the Civil Disobedience Movement because they were unmoved by the vague understanding of swaraj. One such group was the country's "untouchables," who from the 1930s onward had started referring to themselves as Dalit or oppressed. For a long time, the Indian National Congress disregarded the Dalits out of concern for upsetting the Sanatanis, the conservative high-caste Hindus.

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