Question

What was meant by the term 'Congress Syndicate' ? Name any four important leaders who belonged to the Syndicate.

Hint:

The Syndicate was the group of powerful Congress leaders in control of the party organisation. Name Kamaraj, Nijalingappa, Sanjiva Reddy, S.K. Patil.

Answer 1

Step 1: Understand the question:
The question has two parts: the meaning of the term Congress Syndicate, and four names of its leaders.

Step 2: Meaning of the Syndicate:
After the deaths of Nehru in 1964 and Shastri in 1966, a group of powerful and influential leaders from different states held control of the Congress organisation.
This group was popularly called the Syndicate. It played a major role in choosing Lal Bahadur Shastri and later Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister, and hoped to guide her.

Step 3: Leaders of the Syndicate:
1. K. Kamaraj, the Congress President from Tamil Nadu.
2. S. Nijalingappa from Karnataka (then Mysore).
3. N. Sanjiva Reddy from Andhra Pradesh.
4. S.K. Patil from Bombay (Maharashtra). Atulya Ghosh from West Bengal is also counted as a member.

Final Answer:
The Syndicate was a group of powerful state leaders who controlled the Congress party. Its leaders were Kamaraj, Nijalingappa, Sanjiva Reddy and S.K. Patil.