According to the act, the Governor was given special responsibilities in the area of Finance and control and absolute discretionary powers over the cabinet in certain other issues.
The Governor of Madras, Lord Erskine, decided to form an interim provisional Government with non-members and opposition members of the Legislative Assembly.
Eventually an interim Government was formed with Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu of the Justice Party as Prime Minister on 1 April 1937.
They carried out a campaign to convince Congress High Command (Mohandas K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru) to accept power within the limitations set by the Government of India Act.
On 22 June, Viceroy Linlithgow issued a statement expressing the British Government's desire to work with the Congress in implementing the 1935 Act.
[1][2][3][4] Council of Ministers in Rajagopalachari's Cabinet (15 July 1937 – 29 October 1939):[5][6] Rajaji introduced The Prohibition Act in September 1937.
The Act penalised manufacture, traffic in and consumption of liquor and intoxicating drugs in areas of Presidency it was introduced.
The Act paved the wave for entry of Harijans in temple in Malabar regions if the caste Hindus in the particular area did not object to it.
He refused to run for a by-election and the Governor nominated him for the assembly's upper house (Legislative Council).
The discontent it triggered among the Congress legislature members forced the resignation of Rajaji as Chief Minister.