According to Dr. Ambedkar hero-worship in politics in India:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Will lead to degradation and eventual dictatorship.

Option (1) Will lead India towards a communal state. — Incorrect. Ambedkar’s warning was about the danger to democracy, not about communalism.

Option (2) Will lead to degradation and eventual dictatorship. — Correct. In his speech in the Constituent Assembly on 25 November 1949, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar said that hero-worship plays a part in Indian politics unequalled in any other country, and that in politics hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and eventual dictatorship.

Option (3) Will lead to backwardness and an orthodox society. — Incorrect. He spoke of the political danger, not of social backwardness.

Option (4) Will result in upper caste slavery — Incorrect. Ambedkar warned that hero-worship leads to dictatorship, a danger to democracy itself; he did not speak here of caste domination.