Abdullah Safdar (I believe) on the background of and reaction to the growth of communalism in British-controlled India as the movement for independence developed.

From: The Communist International, Vol. 4 No. 5. March 30, 1927

HINDU-MUSSULMAN antagonisms are a great obstacle to the organised struggle of the Indian nationalist movement. This movement has been experiencing a decline since the end of 1922. In 1920 and 1921 it was a serious menace to British imperialism in India. For the first time in the history of the country the movement became a real mass movement. In some places it broke out into open rebellion, in the form of a conflict between the poor peasants and the city workers on the one hand and-the authorities on the other. Naturally, at that time neither the government nor the Indian nationalists could devote themselves to stirring up Hindu-Mussulman strife. The movement was so powerful that they were filled with consternation. However, the Liberal leaders of the Indian National Congress got scared at the dimensions and character the movement was assuming and gave the signal for retreat. The notorious Bardoli resolution says: