When Congress leaders condemned the Montagu-Chelmsford Report, many moderates left party to from the

The correct answer is D because of the internal disagreement within the Indian National Congress over the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms of 1918. While the extremist faction of the Congress rejected the reforms as disappointing and unsatisfactory, the moderate leaders welcomed them. Led by Surendranath Banerjee, these moderates wanted to accept the reforms and cooperate with the British government. Consequently, they left the Congress in 1918 and founded the Indian National Liberal Federation, also known as the Liberal Party. This marked a major split in the nationalist movement, as the moderates prioritized constitutional methods over the non cooperation strategies being adopted by the main Congress body under the emerging leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.