Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

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

Question:

Who wrote the following lines in a letter:

"History... is replete with the instances of the tragedy that overtakes democracy when a leader who has risen to power on the crest of a popular wave or with the support of a democratic organisation becomes  a victim of political narcissism and is egged on by a coterie of unscrupulous sycophants..."

Options:

N. Sanjeeva Reddy

Jayaprakash Narayan

S Nijalingappa

Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer:

S Nijalingappa

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - S Nijalingappa

"History... is replete with the instances of the tragedy that overtakes democracy when a leader who has risen to power on the crest of a popular wave or with the support of a democratic organisation becomes  a victim of political narcissism and is egged on by a coterie of unscrupulous sycophants..."
- S Nijalingappa, Letter to Indira Gandhi expelling her from the party. 11 November 1969.