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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Lal Bahadur Shastri? Statement a) There was an intense competition between Morarji Desai and Indira Gandhi for becoming the Parliamentary leader of Congress (PM), after Shastri's sudden death in 1966. |
Only statement a is correct. Only statement b is correct. Both statements are correct. None of the statements is correct. |
Only statement a is correct. |
The correct answer is Option 1 - Only statement a is correct. Given statements: Statement a) There was an intense competition between Morarji Desai and Indira Gandhi for becoming the Parliamentary leader of Congress (PM), after Shastri's sudden death in 1966. (correct) Correction: Statement b- The senior leaders in the party (SYNDICATES) decided to back Indira Gandhi, but the decision was not unanimous. The Congress faced the challenge of political succession for the second time in two years. This time there was an intense competition between Morarji Desai and Indira Gandhi. Morarji Desai had earlier served as Chief Minister of Bombay state (today’s Maharashtra and Gujarat) and also as a Minister at the centre. Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, had been Congress President in the past and had also been Union Minister for Information in the Shastri cabinet. This time the senior leaders in the party decided to back Indira Gandhi, but the decision was not unanimous. The contest was resolved through a secret ballot among Congress MPs. Indira Gandhi defeated Morarji Desai by securing the support of more than two-thirds of the party’s MPs. A peaceful transition of power, despite intense competition for leadership, was seen as a sign of maturity of India’s democracy. |
