Short note on punna pact

(i) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, who organised the dalits into the Depressed Classes
Association in 1930, clashed with Mahatma Gandhi at the Second Round Table
Conference by demanding separate electorate for dalits.
(ii) When the British government conceded Ambedkar’s demand, Gandhiji began
a fast into death because he became apprehensive regarding the grant of
separate electorates to the dalits.
(iii) Gandhiji believed that grant of separate electorates would weaken the national
movement and slow down the process of integration of dalits into the
mainstream of society.
(iv) Poona Pact was signed in 1932 between the two leaders B.R. Ambedkar and
Mahatma Gandhiji to resolve the question of separate electorates for dalits. It
gave depressed classes reserved seats in provincial and central legislative
councils but they were to be voted in by the general electorate.