The Syndicate was the informal name given to a group of Congress leaders who were in control of the party organisation. It was led by K. Kamraj, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the President of the Congress party. It included powerful State leaders like S. K. Patil of Bombay city (later named Mumbai), S. Nijalingappa of Mysore (later Karnataka), N. Sanjeeva Reddy of Andhra Pradesh and Atulya Ghosh of West Bengal. Both Lal Bahadur Shastri and later Indira Gandhi owed their position to the support received from the Syndicate. This group had a decisive say in Indira Gandhi's first Council of Ministers and also in The policy formulation and implementation. After the Congress split the leaders of the syndicate and those owing allegiance to them stayed with the Congress (O), since it was Indira Gandhi's Congress (R) that won the test of popularity; all these big and powerful men of Indian politics lost their power and prestige after 1971.

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The 1967 Lok Sabha elections in India were notable for significant political changes and the emergence of new parties and alliances, leading to the term 'Political Earthquake' to describe the results.
Against the backdrop of growing public discontent and the deepening division among political factions, the fourth general elections for the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies took place in February 1967. For the first time, the Congress Party faced the electorate without Nehru's presence. The election results sent shockwaves through the Congress Party, both nationally and at the state levels. Numerous contemporary political analysts labeled the outcome as a 'political earthquake.' Although the Congress Party did secure a majority in the Lok Sabha, it obtained its lowest count of seats and share of votes since 1952. Significantly, half of the ministers within Indira Gandhi's cabinet experienced defeat. Several esteemed political figures, such as Kamaraj in Tamil Nadu, S.K. Patil in Maharashtra, Atulya Ghosh in West Bengal, and K. B. Sahay in Bihar, suffered losses in their respective constituencies.