After the 1969 split, what was Indira Gandhi's faction called?
ACongress (Organisation)
BCongress (Syndicate group)
CCongress (Old guard bloc)
DCongress (Requisitionists)
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Congress (Requisitionists)
1. Her supporters had requisitioned an AICC meeting.
2. So they were Congress (R), the New Congress.
3. The Syndicate group became Congress (O), the Old Congress.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 5, Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System._
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