With reference to Congress Socialist Party, consider the following statements: 1. It advocated the boycott of British goods and evasion of taxes. 2. It wanted to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. 3. It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

QUESTION

Hard

Modern History

Prelims 2015

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 the proletariat.
It advocated separate electorate for minorities and oppressed classes.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Explanation

The Congress Socialist Party (CSP) was a socialist caucus within the Indian National Congress.

It was founded in 1934 by Congress members who rejected what they saw as the anti-rational mysticism of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Influenced by Fabianism as well as Marxism-Leninism, the CSP included advocates of armed struggle or sabotage (such as Yusuf Meherally, Jai Prakash Narayan, and Basawon Singh (Sinha)) as well as those who insisted upon ahimsa or nonviolent resistance (such as Acharya Narendra Deva).

The CSP advocated decentralized socialism in which cooperatives, trade unions, independent farmers, and local authorities would hold a substantial share of the economic power.