The Congress was reluctant to include the demands of industrial workers in its programme of struggle because: (i) The industrial working classes did not participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement in large numbers, except in the Nappur region. (ii) As the industrialists came closer to the Congress, workers stayed aloof. (iii) The Congress felt that by including workers’ demands as part of its programme of struggle it would alienate industrialists and divide the anti-imperial forces.