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July 23, 2019

How did the Kamaraj plan of 1963 energised the Indian government from a crisis situation? Explain (150 Words)

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KEY POINTS

·        According to Kamaraj’s proposal, leaders in government would quit their ministerial offices and take up organisational work, while those in the organisation would join the government.

·        In 1963, defeats in three successive by-elections were the immediate provocation for the Congress to worry about its situation.

·        The war with China the previous year had wrecked the morale of the leadership. Nehru’s standing as a statesman was in a crisis.

·        Kamaraj, proposed to Nehru that he be allowed to quit office to take up organisational work.

·        The proposal came up for discussion in the Congress Working Committee, where a large number of members, among them Chief Ministers and Nehru’s Cabinet colleagues, supported it.

·        The AICC resolution endorsed the Kamaraj Plan on August 10, 1963.

·        The Plan, on the one hand, gave to Prime Minister Nehru an unprecedented opportunity to carry out a massive reshuffle of officeholders, but on the other hand asserted the principle of equal status of the party organisation with the government.

·        Kamaraj emphasised the achievement of the Congress goal of socialism without authoritarianism and class conflict.

·        His first task was to ensure a smooth transition in the Prime Minister’s Office.

·        His next step was to infuse vigour in the party organisation, and thereby, the government. He sought to steer the party towards a federal system of leadership

·        Kamaraj also preferred a collective leadership for the party, and saw himself as a consensus-builder. 

Sanketh Palankar 5 years

pls review sir

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Need better understanding. Try to discuss about Kamraj plan 1963. Keep writing.

Vandana 5 years

Kindly review. 

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Vandana 5 years

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Nagesh m 5 years

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