 In 1931, "Minseitō" strongly opposed the Mukden Incident which was engineered by the Imperial Japanese Army.The anti-war Foreign Minister Kijūrō Shidehara and Prime Minister Reijirō came under strong criticism for their intervention in military affairs, and were accused of "serious corruption", and his government collapsed in 1931.In the following 1932 General Election, some right-wing members defected to the "Rikken Seiyūkai", which won an absolute majority of 301 seats.