Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct in reference to Congress in 1969?
A- The defeat of the official Congress candidate for President formalized the split in the party.
B- The Congress group led by the ‘syndicate’ came to be referred to as the Congress (Requisitionists).
C- The Congress group led by Indira Gandhi came to be called the Congress (Organisation).
D- Indira Gandhi projected the split as an ideological divide between socialists and conservatives, between the pro-poor and the pro-rich.
Choose the correct answer from the given options:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option 4 - A and D are correct
The correct statements are:
A- The defeat of the official Congress candidate for President formalized the split in the party.
D- Indira Gandhi projected the split as an ideological divide between socialists and conservatives, between the pro-poor and the pro-rich.
Correction in the incorrect statement:
B- The Congress group led by the ‘syndicate’ came to be referred to as the Congress Organisation, not Requisitionists.
C- The Congress group led by Indira Gandhi came to be called the Congress Requisitionists, not Organisation.
The defeat of the official Congress candidate for President formalized the split in the party. By November 1969, the Congress group led by the ‘syndicate’ came to be referred to as the Congress (Organisation) and the group led by Indira Gandhi came to be called the Congress (Requisitionists). These two parties were also described as Old Congress and New Congress. Indira Gandhi projected the split as an ideological divide between socialists and conservatives, between the pro-poor and the pro-rich.