Question

Who transformed the Justice party in Dravida Kazhagam (DK) in 1944 ?
A) Periyar E.V.Ramasamy
B) R.K.Reddy
C) V.K.Naidu
D)None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Dravida Kazhagan is a social movement that was founded by him who is also called Thanthai periyar. The mission of the party was to eradicate the ills of the existing caste including untouchability and widow remarriage.

Complete answer:
E.V.Ramaswamy popularly known as Periyar was a great social reformer. In 1921 during the anti-liquor campaign he cut down 1000 coconut trees in his own farm. In 1925 he started the Self- Respect Movement and the Dravidar Kazhagam. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1919 after quitting his business and resigning from the public posts. Periyar was elected as the president of Madras presidency congress committee during the Tirupur session , where he advocated strongly for reservation in government jobs and education.

R.K.Reddy led the Justice party while C.Rajagopalachari led the congress in the south. In the election of 1937 the congress captured 152 out of 215 seats in the legislative assembly and 26 out of 46 in the legislative Council. The majority of the victory was headed by R.k.reddy

V.K.Naidu is an Indian politician who served as the minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation.His innovative skills propelled his political career and he was elected as an MLA to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was known for aggressively pushing for reforms in rural development and for the many schemes introduced during this period such as the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

Hence the correct answer is option A.

Note: The justice party came to power following the election of 1920 held according to the Montague- Chelmsford Reforms.The Justice party captured sixty three out of ninety eight elected seats in the Madras legislative council.