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Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress system
Study the above cartoon carefully and answer the following questions:
(i) Who was head of the Government formed by the National Front in
1989?
(ii) Why was the government formed by him called a puppet
government?
(iii) Identify the puppeteers pulling the strings and the political parties
they belong to.
i) V.P. Singh
ii) The National Front Government did not get the clear majority. It was
being supported by BJP and the Communist Party from outside. The
government of V.P. Singh worked according to the directions of leaders
of BJP and CPI so it was called a puppet government.
iii) The puppeteers were :- a) Jyoti Basu of Communist Party.
b) L.K. Advani from BJP.
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(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 ?
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