Multiple choice

Which among the following Indian leaders advocated the idea of partyless democracy?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jayaprakash Narayan

  3. Ram Manohar Lohia

  4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Explanation

Jayaprakash Narayan (JP) was the strongest advocate of partyless democracy in India. He proposed this idea in the 1950s and 1960s, arguing that political parties were divisive and that democracy should function through direct participation of citizens and consensus-based decision-making. This idea gained traction during his Total Revolution movement in the 1970s. While Gandhi and Lohia criticized party politics, JP was the most systematic proponent of the partyless concept.

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