Which one of the following statements is correct about the political development in the aftermath of the Emergency in India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Initially, the Bharatiya Janata Party embraced Gandhian socialism along with cultural nationalism as its ideology.
Option (1) The Bharatiya Jana Sangh had merged with the Congress Socialist Party. — False. After the Emergency, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh merged with the Janata Party.
Option (2) The erstwhile supporters of Bharatiya Jana Sangh formed the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1981. — False. After the break-up of the Janata Party, they formed the BJP in 1980.
Option (3) Initially, the Bharatiya Janata Party embraced Gandhian socialism along with cultural nationalism as its ideology. — True. At first the BJP adopted a broader political platform than that of the Jana Sangh.
Option (4) The BJP got massive electoral success in 1984. — False. It did not get much success in the 1984 elections.
NCERT (2025-26): “Communalism, Secularism, Democracy … We noted in Chapter Six that in the aftermath of the Emergency, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had merged with the Janata Party. After the fall of the Janata Party and its break-up, the supporters of erstwhile Jana Sangh formed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1980. Initially, the BJP adopted a broader political platform than that of the Jana Sangh. BJP embraced ‘Gandhian’ Socialism’ along with cultural nationalism as its ideology. But it did not get much success in the elections held in 1984.…” |