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How did the factional rivalry between the Syndicate and Indira Gandhi resulted in the split of Congress in 1969. 

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Split of Congress in 1969 

i. Left wing orientation programme of Indira. She got the Congress Working Committee to adopt a Ten Point Programme in May 1967. This programme included social control of banks, nationalisation of General Insurance, and ceiling on urban property. 

ii. selection of Sh. V. V. Giri as the president against syndicate interest towards Sh. Sanjeeva Reddy 

iii. Abolition of privy purse 

iv. Side-lined syndicates -November 1969, the Congress group led by the ‘syndicate’ came to be referred to as the Congress (Organisation) and the group led by Indira Gandhi came to be called the Congress (Requisitionists). 



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