Why did the Congress pass the Quit India Resolution? How did the government react to it?

After the Cripps Mission failed because the British were unwilling to transfer effective power to Indians and only proposed dominion status (which was rejected by both Congress and the Muslim League), the Congress decided to launch a mass struggle for independence. At the All India Congress Committee meeting in Bombay on 8 August 1942, the Congress passed the Quit India Resolution. Gandhiji demanded immediate freedom and gave the slogan ‘Do or Die’, emphasizing that India must be freed at all costs.

Government's reaction to the Quit India Movement —

1. Gandhiji and a few members of the Congress Working Committee were immediately arrested.
2. The news of arrests shocked the people, but demonstrations, meetings, hartals, and processions broke out nationwide. So, the government tried to curb the movement using lathi charges, firing, restrictions on newspapers, and closing down many newspapers.