Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

Question:

Which statement is incorrect in relation to the 1969 Presidential election and split in Congress?

Options:

The official Congress candidate won the Presidential elections.

Indira Gandhi claimed that her faction represented the genuine Congress.

The Congress (Organisation) emerged from the group led by the 'syndicate.'

None of the above

Correct Answer:

The official Congress candidate won the Presidential elections.

Explanation:

The split within the party was definitively affirmed with the defeat of the official Congress candidate. Following this, the Congress President took the step of expelling the Prime Minister from the party, asserting that her faction constituted the genuine Congress. By November 1969, the Congress group aligned with the 'syndicate' acquired the label Congress (Organisation), while the faction led by Indira Gandhi became recognized as the Congress (Requisitionists). These two factions also became colloquially known as the Old Congress and the New Congress. Indira Gandhi framed this division as an ideological contrast, emphasizing the schism between socialists and conservatives, and between those advocating for the underprivileged and those aligning with the affluent.