Apart from the working class movement being divided on party lines at the national level, which development took place from the late 1960s?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Regional parties began to form their own trade unions
Option (1) Regional parties began to form their own trade unions — Correct. Besides the division of the working class movement along national party lines, regional parties too started to form their own unions from the late 1960s.
Option (2) The communists gained considerable control over the AITUC — Incorrect. The communists gained control over the AITUC in the last few years of British rule. That was before 1947, about two decades earlier.
Option (3) The Indian National Congress formed a separate trade union — Incorrect. The Indian National Congress formed its separate union, the INTUC, in May 1947. This split itself began the division on party lines.
Option (4) A major railway workers' strike was organised — Incorrect. The major railway workers' strike took place in 1974. It belongs to the later period of sharp conflict between the state and trade unions.
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