Main demands of Indian National Congress. The following were the demands of Indian National Congress :

• indian people should be given the right to elect their representatives for central and provincial legislative councils.
• Indians should be appointed on higher posts according to their abilities.
• Education should be spread in the country.
• Unnecessary restrictions on press should be lifted.
• Executive and Legislative should he separated from each other.
• Local institutions should be developed and they should be given more powers.
• Like England, I.C.S. The exam should also be arranged in India.
• Expenditure on army should be reduced.
• Land Revenue collected from the farnwrs should be reduced.
• Proper system of irrigation should be made.

Programme of Indian National Congress. All the Moderate leaders of Congress (1885-1905 A.D.) were not in fiwour of using revolutionary activities or violent activities to meet their demands from the Government. They used to put their demands in front of government through speeches. motions and applications. They used to pass motion in every session of Congress and used to send it to the government. They believed that Government will definitely accept their demands.

Government’s behaviour towards Indian National Congress. The government wanted that Congress should remain under its control but when it was unable to do then it moved against the Congress. The government restricted government officials to take part in sessions of the Congress. The Government also tried to separate Muslims from the Congress. In this way Government adopted the policy of neglecting towards Congress.