Name: The 1971 Election and the Transformation of Congress
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 35 s
Description: The 1971 Election and the Transformation of Congress

Question

What does the term 'syndicate' mean in the context of the Congress party of the sixties? What role did the Syndicate play in the Congress party?

Accepted Answer

(i) Syndicate was the informal name given to the Indian National Congress(o) as opposed to the Indian National Congress (R), which was the name given to the faction that supported Indira Gandhi after the split in $1969$ .

(ii) It was group of powerful and influential leaders from within the Congress party of the sixties.

(iii) The Syndicate was led by K. Kamraj, former chief minister of Tamilnadu and the then president of Congress party. It also includes some powerful leaders like S.K. Patil, S. Nijalingappa, N. Sanjeeva Reddy and Atulya Ghosh.

Role of Syndicate:

(i) Both Lal Bahadur Shastri and later Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister, due to the support of Syndicate.

(ii) The Syndicate also influenced Indira Gandhi's first council of Minister's and formation of policies.

What does the term 'syndicate' mean in the context of the Congress party of the sixties? What role did the Syndicate play in the Congress party?

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