why did gandhiji meet the secretary of the british landlord's association on arriving in champaran? what was the outcome of this meeting?

Gandhiji went on to have a meeting with the secretary of the British Landlord's Association in order to collect facts regarding the situation of Champaran and it's peasants. But unfortunately, he was unsuccessful in doing so because the he was considered as an outsider to the Secretary. So, he decided to call on the British official commissioner of Tirhut division.