2021 · Q80
Who among the following was the founder of Swatantra Party?
Indian Polity, Governance and ConstitutionGovernance, public policy and rights
- AC. Rajagopalachari
- BDeen Dayal Upadhyaya
- CShyama Prasad Mukherjee
- DAcharya Narendra Dev
Explanation
The Swatantra Party was founded in 1959 at Madras by C. Rajagopalachari, along with Minoo Masani and N.G. Ranga, as a liberal party championing free enterprise against Nehruvian state socialism. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya was a Jana Sangh ideologue, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, and Acharya Narendra Dev was a Congress socialist. Hence (A) C. Rajagopalachari is correct.