The Conference demanded introduction of representative assemblies for the advancement of the people of India. The National Conference was in many ways the precursor of the Indian National Congress. The founding of the Indian National Congress. At its very first session, the Congress passed a resolution asking for constitutional reforms and for the admission of a considerable proportion of elected members to the Legislative Councils and the right to discuss the budget. Delivering his Presidetial Address at the first session in Kolkata, W.C. Banerjee described the Congress as the National Assembly of India. The demand for reform and expansion of the Legislative Councils continued to be made by every annual Congress and became more vociferous from year to year. The Congress considered the reform the Concils at the root of all other reforms. At the same time, Viceroy Lord Dufferin publicly dismissed Congressmen as "a microscopic minority" and said because democratic methods of government or the adoption of parliamentary system to India would be a very big jump into the unknown. In response, speaking on the resolution on the reform of Legislative Councils, at the fifth Congress Session at Bombay (1999), Bannerjea said "If you get that, you get everything else. On it depends the entire future of the counry and the future of our administrative system. The Indian Councils Act of 1892 enlarged the Legislative Council to consist of 'not less than ten nor more than sixteen' additional members. In the case of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, or the Indian Legislative Council as it came to be known, five more "additional" members were brought in, one being nominated by the non-official members of each of the four Provincial Councils and one by the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce. We know the contribution of the cooperative sector in the growth of our national economy. So, when we decide to extend the services of the CISF to the private sector, I would also request the hon. Minister to accept the demand of the cooperative sector. There is also a demand, and there is also a request from the corporate sector for engagement of the CISF forces in their industries.
