Who among the following leaders did NOT participated in the Second Round Table Conference ?

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Correct — D, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. The Second Round Table Conference (London, 7 September – 1 December 1931) was the only one the Indian National Congress attended, and it sent Mahatma Gandhi as its sole official representative after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact (March 1931). Gandhi was accompanied by Congress colleagues including Sarojini Naidu and Madan Mohan Malviya. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was NOT part of the delegation to the Second RTC — so he is the leader who did not participate.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Gandhi DID attend — he was the Congress's sole official representative at the Second RTC, going after the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. He is the one figure most identified with this conference.  (b) Sarojini Naidu DID attend the Second RTC; she travelled to London as part of the group accompanying Gandhi.  (c) Madan Mohan Malviya DID participate in the Second RTC — he was among the Indian leaders present at the 1931 session.

Concept: Three Round Table Conferences (1930-32) were held in London to discuss constitutional reform. The Congress boycotted the First (1930-31) and Third (1932), attending only the SECOND (1931), where Gandhi represented it alone under the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. The Second RTC deadlocked over the communal question (minority electorates), leading to the Communal Award (1932) and the Poona Pact.

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