Answer:
The speaker's purpose in this excerpt is B) to urge wealthy Indians to act instead of merely talking about poverty
Explanation:
The complete excerpt presents Mohandas Gandhi's belief of sacrifice, he mentions how all people in power pretend to care by talking about poverty and social problems instead of looking for a solution or make a real statement, they show themselves cover head to toes by all their wealth while they go to charity events show how socially incorrect they are and how little sensitive they are toward the real situation of people in many countries.