Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System (d) Increasing unity among non-Congress parties (e) Internal differences within the Congress party . What were the factors which led to the popularity of Indira Gandhi’s Government in the early 1970s? . 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? . Discuss the major issue which led to the formal split of the Congress Party in . .
Read the passage and answer the questions below: …Indira Gandhi changed the Congress into highly cerntalised and undemocratic party organisation, from the earlier federal, democratic and ideological formation that Nehru had led…..But this… could not have happened had not Indira Gandhi changed the entire nature of politics. This new, populist politics turned political ideology ……. into a mere electoral discourse, use of various slogans not meant to be translated into government policies…… During its great electoral victories in early 1970s, amidst the celebration, the Congress party as a political organisation died….. — S udipta K aviraj (a) What according to the author is the difference between the strategies of Nehru and Indira Gandhi?
(b) Why does the author say that the Congress party ‘died’ in the seventies? (c) In what way, did the change in the Congress party affect other political parties also? LET US DO IT TOGETHER • Make a list of slogans coined by political parties. • Do you see any similarities between advertisements and manifestoes, slogans and advertisements of political parties?
• Have a discussion on how price rise affects the political fortunes of the political parties.