Explanation:

Gandhiji was authorised to negotiate with the Viceroy Lord Irwin in relation to deciding congress participation in second round table conference.

 As a result of their discussions, a pact was signed between the viceroy, representing the British Indian Government, and Gandhi, representing the Indian people, in Delhi in March, 1931.

 This Delhi Pact, also known as the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, placed the Congress on an equal  footing with the Government.

IRWIN ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AGREED ON

1. Immediate release of all political prisoners not convicted of violence;

2. Remission of all fines not yet collected;

3. Return of all lands not yet sold to third parties;

4. Lenient treatment to those government servants who had resigned;

5. Right to make salt in coastal villages for personal consumption (not for sale);

6. Right to peaceful and non-aggressive picketing; and

7. Withdrawal of emergency ordinances.

TWO DEMANDS OF GANDHI IGNORED

1. Public inquiry into police excesses, and

2. Commutation of Bhagat Singh and his comrades’ death sentence to life sentence.