Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

Question:

Name the socialist leader who gave the strategy of 'Non-Congressism'.

Options:

Karpoori Thakur

Ram Manohar Lohia

V. V. Giri

Jai Prakash Narayan

Correct Answer:

Ram Manohar Lohia

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Ram Manohar Lohia

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, strategy of non-Congressism, advocacy of reservation for backward castes and opposition to English.