2019 · Q29
What was the Dutt-Bradley thesis ?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AThe Working Committee of the Indian National Congress decided that Congress should play a crucial role in realising the independence of India
- BThe Socialist party decided to play foremost part in anti-imperialist struggle
- CRevolutionary socialist Batukeshwar Dutt put forth a ten-point plan to work for the success of anti-imperialist front
- DIt was a Communist party document, according to which the National Congress could play a great part and a foremost part in realising the anti-imperialist people’s front
Explanation
The Dutt-Bradley thesis (1936), authored by Communist leaders R. Palme Dutt and Ben Bradley, argued that the Indian National Congress could play ‘a great and foremost part’ in forging a broad anti-imperialist people's front. It guided CPI policy toward working with the Congress in the late 1930s. Neither the Wavell Plan, August Offer nor INA trials are connected with it. Hence the anti-imperialist people's front.