Question

Which of the following were leaders of the Congress Socialist Party?
A. Acharya Narendra Dev
B. Subhash Chandra Bose
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. All

Answer 1

Hint: Congress Socialist Party was founded in 1934 and separate from the Indian National Congress Party. This party dissolved after 14 years in 1948. Congress Socialist Party was a left-wing of Indian National Congress Party and formed to promote socialism in Indian Culture.

Complete Step by step explanation:
JP Narayan and Minoo Masani were released from jail; JP Narayan conveyed a meeting in Patna in 1934. Further, they founded the Congress Socialist Party in Bihar. Acharya Narendra Deva became president and JP Narayan became general secretary of the Congress Socialist Party and Minoo Masani became Joint Secretary.
The main causes of separation from the Indian National Congress party, that is The group of people associated with the Congress Socialist Party was those who were not very much impressed by the approach of Gandhi Ji neither they were interested in the sectarian attitude of the Communist Party of India. Further, they were not happy with Gandhi Ji, because the ‘Civil Disobedience Movement’ and ‘Round Table Conference’ failed.
The ideology of Congress Socialist Party was Bring Socialism, Capitalism Removal, Zamindari System Removal, and Princely State Removal. But they want revolution with the help of the Indian National Congress because the INC Party was a Capitalist Party.

Therefore, option A is the correct answer.

Note: Congress Socialist Party aim was to achieve self-rule in a socialist manner and then socialism through the platform of the Indian National Congress. The socialists were opposed to the compromise policies of Gandhi Ji. Basically, Gandhiji was a great non-violence, where the socialists were in the favor of the armed movement as needed.