Explanation:

When Lord Curzon refused to receive a deputation from Congress in 1905, they sent Gokhale and Lajpat Rai to England. The Congress met at Benares in December 1905, and 758 delegates elected Gokhale president. The Moderates complained that the boycott methods of passive resistance were impractical or even injurious by denying themselves educational opportunities. Yet for the first time Gokhale mentioned “self-government within the empire” as their goal, and he denounced the partition of Bengal. He spoke of swadeshi as a profound and passionate movement that calls people to serve the Motherland.