. Muslim response was lukewarm to the Civil Disobedience Movement. . After the Non-cooperation-Khilafat Movement declined, relations between the Hindus and Muslims worsened as each community organised religious processions, provoking Hindu- Muslim communal clashes and riots. . The important differences were over the question of representation in the future assemblies that were to be elected. . When the Civil Disobedience Movement started, there was an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust between communities.