Early in September 1937, Dr B.R. Ambedkar presided over a District Conference of the Depressed Classes at Masur. During his address, he told his audience his established opinion that Gandhi was not the man to look to the interests of the working classes and the poor. Had the Congress been a revolutionary body, he would have joined it. Nevertheless, he was convinced that it was not a revolutionary body. Congress was not courageous enough to proclaim the ideal of social and economic equality, enabling the common man to get leisure and liberty to develop himself according to his liking.
He observed that that was not possible as long as a few individuals in their interests controlled the means of production. According to Gandhism, the farmer would be the third bullock to be harnessed to the plough along with the two natural ones. Regarding the labour movement carried on by the Communists, he added that there was no possibility of his joining them. He declared that he was a confirmed enemy of the Communists, who exploited the labourers for their political ends.
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches; Volume No.-17; Part Three
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