ABSTRACT
One of the first tasks of the new left coalition in the Congress was to address the problem of the new Government of India Act of 1935. The CSP’s line on the Act was to denounce the ‘slave constitution’ and refuse to have anything to do with it. But the Congress was under considerable pressure to work with the Constitution from business leaders and landlords. There was consequently considerable pressure from the right wing of the Congress to accept office under the terms of the 1935 Act. Power, they believed, was being offered to them and should be accepted.
