Q: With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements:
- It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes.
- It wanted to establish the dictatorship of proletariat.
- It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 1, 2 and 3
d) None
The correct answer is Option 4.
Congress Socialist Party
- It belonged to a left-leaning faction in Congress.
- In 1934, it was established with Jay Prakash Narayan as general secretary and Acharya Narendra Deva as president.
- Important characteristics included constant and militant anti-imperialism, anti-landlordism, worker and peasant organisation in trade unions and Kisan sabhas, endorsement of a socialist vision of independent India and the socialist goal of economic and social transformation of society.
- They preferred the tactics taken by Congress.
- 1st and 2nd statements can be related to radical communism in India from 1920 to 40. 3rd statement cannot be related to Congress Socialist Party.
- This party believed in Marxist ideas, Gandhism, liberal democracy, and western social democracy.
- They owe their allegiance to the Indian National Congress (INC), and to build a strong foundation for Congress, they collaborated with the Bourgeois or Middle Class and brought in labourers and peasants.
- Demands include the abolition of capitalism, the zamindari system, and princely states as well as the inclusion of radical socioeconomic initiatives for the improvement of disadvantaged groups in the work programme of the Congress.
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