In which elections, the Congress was facing the electorate for the first time without Nehru?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Fourth
The fourth general elections, held in February 1967, were the first in which the Congress faced the electorate without Nehru. The results were called a ‘political earthquake’.
NCERT (2025-26): “Electoral verdict … It was in this context of heightened popular discontent and the polarisation of political forces that the fourth general elections to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies were held in February 1967. The Congress was facing the electorate for the first time without Nehru. The results jolted the Congress at both the national and state levels. Many contemporary political observers described the election results as a ‘political earthquake’.…” |