Which one of the following is not a reason for the extraordinary success of the Congress party in the immediate post- Independence period?

It represented the interests of the elite and the rich class and did not accommodate regional aspirations.

The correct answer is Option (1) → It represented the interests of the elite and the rich class and did not accommodate regional aspirations.

"The roots of this extraordinary success of the Congress party go back to the legacy of the freedom struggle. Congress was seen as inheritor of the national movement. Many leaders who were in the forefront of that struggle were now contesting elections as Congress candidates. The Congress was already a very well-organised party and by the time the other parties could even think of a strategy, the Congress had already started its campaign. In fact, many parties were formed only around independence or after that. Thus, the Congress had the ‘first off the blocks’ advantage. By the time of independence the party had not only spread across the length and breadth of the country as we had seen in the maps but also had an organisational network down to the local level. Most importantly, as the Congress was till recently a national movement, its nature was all-inclusive. All these factors contributed to the dominance of the Congress party."