Which of the following statements about the Congress Party are correct?
(A) Syndicate was the name given to junior leaders in the Congress party.
(B) Syndicate was the informal name given to a group of powerful Congress leaders who were in control of the party's organsiation.
(C) The Syndicate was led by K.Kamraj, S.K. Patil,S. Nijalingappa, N. Sanjeeva Reddy and Atulya Ghosh.
(D) The Syndicate never influenced policy formulation and implementation.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (B) and (C) only
(A) Syndicate was the name given to junior leaders in the Congress party. (Incorrect). The Syndicate was not junior leaders; it was a group of senior, powerful leaders.
(B) Syndicate was the informal name given to a group of powerful Congress leaders who were in control of the party's organsiation. (Correct)
(C) The Syndicate was led by K.Kamraj, S.K. Patil,S. Nijalingappa, N. Sanjeeva Reddy and Atulya Ghosh. (Correct)
(D) The Syndicate never influenced policy formulation and implementation. (Incorrect). The Syndicate was influential in a variety of key decisions, including the selection of prime ministers (Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi) and having a decisive say in the first Indira Gandhi government's policies. The conflict between their authority and Indira Gandhi's assertion of her own power ultimately led to the split in the party.