Consider the following statements related to Presidential election, 1969 and choose the correct option.
1.After the defeat of the official Congress candidate in the Presidential election, 1969, there was a split in the congress Party.
2. The Congress group led by the ‘syndicate’ came to be referred to as the Congress (Organisation) and the group led by Indira Gandhi came to be called the Congress (Requisitionists).
1.After the defeat of the official Congress candidate in the Presidential election, 1969, there was a split in the congress Party.
2. The Congress group led by the ‘syndicate’ came to be referred to as the Congress (Organisation) and the group led by Indira Gandhi came to be called the Congress (Requisitionists).
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The defeat of the official Congress candidate formalised the split in the party. The Congress President expelled the Prime Minister from the party; she claimed that her group was the real Congress. By November 1969, the Congress group led by the ‘syndicate’ came to be referred to as the Congress (Organisation) and the group led by Indira Gandhi came to be called the Congress (Requisitionists).