Match the following options in List 1 correctly with those in List 2:
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List 1 |
List 2 |
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(a) Ram Manohar Lohia |
(i) Powerful and influential leaders within Congress. |
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(b) Defection |
(ii) Opposed imposition of Hindi and led the anti-Hindi agitations. |
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(c) C. Natarajan Annadurai |
(iii) Elected representative leaves the party on whose symbol he was elected & join another party. |
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(d) Syndicate |
(iv) Founding member of the Congress Socialist Party |
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
Ram Manohar Lohia (1910-1967) : Socialist leader and thinker; freedom fighter and among the founders of the Congress Socialist Party; after the split in the parent party, the leader of the Socialist Party and later the Samyukta Socialist Party; Member, Lok Sabha, 1963- 67; founder editor of Mankind and Jan, known for original contribution to a non-European socialist theory; as political leader, best known for sharp attacks on Nehru.
Defection means an elected representative leaves the party on whose symbol he/she was elected and joins another party.
C. Natarajan Annadurai (1909-1969): Chief Minister of Madras (Tamil Nadu) from 1967; a journalist, popular writer, and orator; initially associated with the Justice Party in Madras province; later joined Dravid Kazagham (1934); formed DMK as a political party in 1949; a proponent of Dravid culture, he was opposed to the imposition of Hindi and led the anti-Hindi agitations; supporter of greater autonomy to States.
The term Congress Syndicate was used to refer to a group of powerful and influential leaders within Congress.