What was the first major reason for the boycott of Simon commission in India in 1927?
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No Indian was included in the commission.
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British were not in favour of equal salary compensation to Indians.
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Labour party wanted a free India.
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In 1927, famine problem took precedence.
The Government of India Act 1919 had introduced the system of diarchy to govern the provinces of British India. The Indian public clamoured for revision of this form of government, and the Government of India Act 1919 itself stated that a commission would be appointed after ten years to investigate the progress of the governance scheme and suggest new steps for reform. In the late 1920s, the Conservative government then in power in Britain feared imminent electoral defeat at the hands of the Labour Party, and also feared the effects of the consequent transference of control of India to such an "inexperienced" body. Hence, it appointed seven British MPs to constitute the promised commission to examine the state of Indian constitutional affairs. Many in India were outraged and insulted that the Simon Commission, which was to determine the future of India, did not include a single Indian member. The Indian National Congress, at its December 1927 meeting in Madras (now Chennai), resolved to boycott the commission.