During Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation?

1. The National Social Conference (NSC) was founded by M. G. Ranade and Raghunath Rao in 1887. 2. The primary reason for its formation was the decision by the Indian National Congress (INC) leadership to focus exclusively on political matters and not take up potentially divisive issues of social reform on its main platform. The INC wanted to maintain unity among different sections of Indian society for the freedom struggle and feared that debating social reforms would alienate conservative groups. 3. Therefore, the NSC was established as a separate body, often referred to as the social reform cell of the INC. It used to hold its sessions immediately after the INC sessions in the same venue to discuss social issues. 4. Option (B) accurately reflects this context: the Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose. 5. Option (A) is incorrect as the NSC was an all-India body, not just limited to the Bengal region. 6. Option (C), while mentioning key figures, doesn't fully capture the primary driving force which was the INC's policy.