Periyar was not convinced when Gandhi announced his temporary withdrawal from politics and established the Harijan Sevak Sangh. He realised that a meticulous multipronged rebuttal was necessary for which a consolidated opposition movement by entering the political arena through electoral contest was essential. He was sure, like Subhas Bose, that the Congress would compromise with British imperialism and Gandhi‘s suspension of the civil disobedience movement was a clear indicator of that