Answer the following questions based on the picture:
Which of the following statements is correct about the Grand Alliance of 1971?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → It was formed by non-Communist and non-Congress parties.
The Grand Alliance of 1971 was formed by non-Communist and non-Congress parties (like the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Swatantra Party, Socialist Party, etc.) with the single objective of opposing Indira Gandhi’s Congress in the general elections. It did not have a clear ideological programme other than defeating Congress.