User:Parker841/Elections of 1937 and Congress Ministries

During the years 1936-39 Congress gave up the path of confrontation and went for constitutional politics. However, unlike the earlier Swarajist phase, its present aim was to give the constitutional methods a trial and the Congressmen worked for their success. But this is not to say that there were no differences among the Congressmen regarding the constitutional methods. In fact every decision taken up by the Congress was strongly debated upon before its adoption. Though there was an agreement on the basic issue of fighting British imperialism, Congressmen disagreed on the methods to be adopted. It was during tbis period that the Left Wing was making its presence felt within the Congress. The Right Wing and the Left Wing discussed and debated on various issues. After a hectic debate the Congress decided to contest the elections in 1937 and was successful in forming governments in seven provinces.The Congress ministries functioned for a little more than two years. They had to sort out a number of problems during their short tenure in the office.