Which of the following statements is correct in relation to Indira Gandhi?

Statement 1: The Syndicate played a role in the installation of Indira Gandhi as the Prime Minister by ensuring her election as the leader of the parliamentary party.
Statement 2: These leaders expected Indira Gandhi to follow their advice after becoming the Prime Minister.

Both the statements are correct

Syndicate was the informal name given to a group of Congress leaders who were in control of the party’s organisation. It was led by K. Kamraj, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and then the president of the Congress party. It included powerful State leaders like S. K. Patil of Bombay city (later named as 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.

The Syndicate played a role in the installation of Indira Gandhi as the Prime Minister by ensuring her election as the leader of the parliamentary party. The syndicate supported Indira Gandhi because these leaders expected Indira Gandhi to follow their advice. Indira Gandhi chose her trusted group of advisers from outside the party. Slowly and carefully, she sidelined the Syndicate.