Answer:
Winston
Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom described Mahatma Gandhi as a
'Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer' now 'posing as a half naked fakir' because
when Gandhiji was in London, as a lawyer he wore Western attire. While on his
return to India, a year after the Non-Cooperation Movement, Mahatma Gandhi
adopted the dress of the poorest Indian.
He started to wear a short dhoti and chadar without a shirt, which he
even wore when he went to England for the Round Table Conference in 1931.
Churchill, by this statement was trying to project
Gandhiji as an opportunist who was a threat to British empire. Thus, Churchill
wanted to malign Gandhiji by describing him as 'seditious'. Gandhiji wanted to
identify himself with the poor common man of India, to support Swadeshi Movement
and encourage boycott of British goods to show resistance to the British. All
these served as a symbolic weapon against British rule.
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