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Discuss the nature of the leadership and programme of the Congress Socialist Party.

  • UPSC 2002
  • Other Strands in the National Movement

The Congress Socialist Party (CSP), founded in 1934, was the most organized institutional expression of the leftward drift within the Indian National Congress, distinctive both for the character of its leadership and the radicalism of its programme.

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  • Formation and Nature of Leadership
  • The Meerut Thesis and the CSP's Programme
  • Working as a Pressure Group, Not a Breakaway Party

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