Mumbai City, located in Maharashtra witnessed a significant political development in the aftermath of the withdrawal of the Non-Cooperation Movement: the establishment of the Swaraj Party. In 1922, in the Gaya session of the Congress, C R Das (who was presiding over the session) moved a proposal to enter the legislatures but it was defeated. Das and other leaders broke away from the Congress and formed the Swaraj Party. C R Das was the President and the Secretary was Motilal Nehru. Learn about the formation, objectives, methods, achievements and decline of the Swaraj Party, a political party formed in 1923 by pro-changers of the Congress. The Swaraj Party sought greater self-government and political freedom for India from the British Raj and entered the legislatures to obstruct and expose the government policies. Decline of Swaraj Party The Swaraj Party's influence and popularity began to decline in the late 1920s due to the following reasons. Disagreement on strategies: The party was divided between the responsive and non-responsive lines.
