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Era Of One-party Dominance
Did the prevalence of a ‘one-party dominant system’ affect adversely the democratic nature of Indian politics ?
The roots of extraordinary success of Congress Party go back to the legacy of freedom struggle. Congress was seen as the inheritor of national movement. Many of our leaders contested elections as Congress candidates and won the elections.
Some More Questions From Era of One-party Dominance Chapter
Bring out three differences each between Socialist parties and the Communist Party and between Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Swatantra Party.
What would you consider as the main differences between Mexico and India under one-party domination ?
Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
“Patel, the organisational man of the Congress; wanted to purge the Congress of other political groups and sought to make of it a cohesive and disciplined political party. He ...sought to take the Congress away from its all–embracing character and turn it into a close-knit party of disciplined cadres. Being a ‘realist’ he looked more for discipline than for comprehension. While Gandhi took too romantic a view of “carrying on the movement”, Patel’s idea of transforming the Congress into strictly political party with a single ideology and tight discipline showed an equal lack of understanding of the eclectic role that the Congress, as a government, was to he called upon to perform in the decades to follow.” — Rajni Kothari
(a) Why does the author think that Congress should not have been a cohesive and disciplined party?
(b) Give some examples of the eclectic role of the Congress party in the early years.
(c) Why does the author say that Gandhi’s view about Congress future was romantic ?
When did the Constitution of India come into effect ?
Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India ?
When was the first general elections held in India ?
What did the successful general elections of India in 1952 prove?
How many seats of the Lok Sabha did Congress win in the first general elections in 1952 ?
Which party had emerged as the second largest party in the 1952 general elections and with how many seats ?
Write a note on Kerala election of 1957.
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