Simon Commission was greeted with slogan “Go Back Simon” at arrival in India. Support this reaction of Indians with arguments
(a) In 1928, Simon Commission was constituted by the Tory government in Britain in response to the nationalist movement. (b) The object of the Commission under Sir John Simon, was to look into the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest changes. But the problem was that the commission did not have a single Indian member. All the members were British. It was under these circumstances that the Indians decided to boycott the commission. So when the commission arrived in India in 1928, it was greeted with the slogan ‘Go back Simon’. All parties including the Congress and the Muslim League, participated in the demonstrations.(c) The demonstration by all parties against the Simon Commission was justified on the following grounds : Under the Government of India Act of 1919, the provincial councils set up were not truly democratic. The powers were still in the hands of the Governor General of India. In response to the demands of the Indians, Simon Commission was appointed to look into the constitutional reforms in India but it was strange that no Indian was appointed as a member. This was an insult for the Indians. Not to include an Indian was against the spirit of nationalists in India. Hence demonstration against Simon Commission. .
