What was the Swatantra Party?
Q: What was the Swatantra Party?
A: The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party that existed from 1959. It stood for a market-based economy and was favoured by some traders and industrialists, but its leadership was dominated by the traditional wealthy classes such as zamindars (landlords) and formerly princely states.
Q: Who founded the Swatantra Party?
A: The Swatantra Party was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly socialist and statist outlook.
Q: Where did Prof. Babu Joseph attend a meeting of 50th year of commemorating Swatantra Party?
A: Prof. Babu Joseph attended a meeting of 50th year of commemorating Swatantra Party which is held in Mumbai on August 1, 2009.
Q: What did Prime Minister Indira Gandhi think about the Swatantra party?
A: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi highly critical of Swatantra, dubbing the party as belonging to "the middle ages of lords, castles and zamindars".
Q: How many seats did the party win in 1962 general election?
A: In 1960, In the 1962 general election, the first after its formation, Swatantra received 6.8 percent of the total votes and won 18 seats in the third Lok Sabha (1962–67).
Q: What happened to Swatnatara after 1972?
A: After 1972, with many of its members joining Charan Singh-led Bharatiya Lok Dal, another coalition committed to anti-Congressism.,Swatnatara declined rapidly
