The Swaraj Party was founded on January 1923, following the Gaya session of the INC in December 1922. Check about Swaraj Party, Formation, Objectives & Members. In 1922, in the Gaya session of the Congress, C R Das (who was presiding over the session) moved a proposal to enter the legislatures but it was defeated. Das and other leaders broke away from the Congress and formed the Swaraj Party. C R Das was the President and the Secretary was Motilal Nehru. Learn about the formation, objectives, methods, achievements and decline of the Swaraj Party, a political party formed in 1923 by pro-changers of the Congress. The Swaraj Party sought greater self-government and political freedom for India from the British Raj and entered the legislatures to obstruct and expose the government policies. Swaraj Party was a political party in India formed in 1923 by dissident Congress leaders who opposed Gandhi's suspension of civil resistance. It demanded full responsible government for India and participated in the provincial councils, but was weakened by factionalism and merged with the Congress in 1935.
