Discuss the major issue which led to the formal split of the Congress
Party in 1969.
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Explanation:
The major issue which led to the formal split of the Congress Party in 1969 was the differences between Indira Gandhi and the ‘syndicate'. Its discussed below:
(i) She launched a series of initiatives to give the government policy a Left orientation. She got the Congress working committee to adopt a Ten Point Programme in May 1967. This programme included social control of banks, nationalisation of General Insurance, ceiling on urban property and income, land reforms and other items. While (syndicate) leaders approved this left wing programme, they had serious reservations about the same.
(ii) The factional rivalry between the syndicate and Indira Gandhi came in the open in the Presidential election in 1969. The official Congress candidate was N. Sanjeeva Reddy. Indira Gandhi, however, encouraged V.V. Giri, to file nomination as an independent candidate. The Congress President issued a whip but Indira Gandhi called for a ‘conscience vote’ leading to V.V. Giri victory.
(iii) In the meantime, Indira Gandhi also announced the nationalisation of fourteen leading private banks and the abolition of privy purses which led differences between Indira Gandhi and the Finance Minister Morarji Desai resulting in Desai leaving the government.
These events led to the split in the Congress in 1969 into two - Congress (Organisation) and Congress (Requisitionists).
Answer:
An In India, a political party founded the Indian National Congress (Organization) or Congress (O) when Congress partited after Indira Gandhi was expelled. Indira Gandhi was expelled from the Congress Party on 12 November 1969, because he violated party discipline.
1. Notwithstanding Indira Gandhi, the union named as presidential candidate Neelam sanjeeva Reddy.
2. This was retrained by Indira Gandhi by appointing V V Giri as independent vice president candidate.
3. The V V Giri was triumphant because of his diplomatic efforts and the candidate of a nation.
4. This led the congress to split up.
The pure power disparities have become ideological differences and thus divided the Congress.