Answer:
Mahatma Gandhi's dream of clothing the nation in khadi appealed only to some sections of Indian because
(i) Those who had been deprived of proper dress by caste norms for centuries were attracted to Western dress styles and other nationalists such Baba shaheb Ambedkar never gave up his western style suit.
(ii) Earlier, many dalits and other so called subordinate classes were prevented from dressing like upper castes: Woman of the Shanar caste were not allowed to cover their upper body parts or use umbrellas, wear shoes or golden ornaments. They now started experimenting and wearing Western clothes and did not favour khadi.
(iii) Khadi was expensive and the poor could not afford it.
(iv) Khadi was usually white and in India white clothes are worn when there is a death. Widows wear white saris and the dead body is covered with a white cloth. So khadi was not worn by many people.
(v) Khadi was very costly to buy and most people could not make it home. So, the poor people could not wear khadi.
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