The second round-table conference began in September 1931. Mahatma Gandhi was the sole congress representative in this conference, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and Madan Mohan Malviya also took part in it. Deciding the communal issue was a difficult task in this conference.
Like the Muslims, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar also demanded a separate electorate. There was a disagreement among the delegates on the issues of division of power between the centre and provinces and setting up a responsible government at the centre. Gandhiji returned disappointed to India in December 1931.
