Suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement led to a split within Congress in the Gaya session of the Congress in December, 1922. Leaders like Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das formed a separate group within the Congress known as the Swaraj Party on 1 January, 1923.The Swarajists wanted to contest the Council elections and wreck the Government from within. Elections to Legislative Councils were held in November, 1923.1n this, the Swaraj Party gained impressive successes. 1n the Central Legislative Council, Motilal Nehru became the leader of the party whereas in Bengal the party was headed by C.R. Das. The party’s primary goal was to contest the elections to the new Central Legislative Assembly in 1923 and once in office, disrupt official policy and derail the empire by antigovernment agitation within the council chambers. The Swaraj Party did several significant things in the Legislative Council. It demanded the setting up of responsible Government in India with the necessary changes in the Government of India Act of 1919.....Read more