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Correct Answer: Option (D) — None
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedStatement 1 is incorrect: The Congress Socialist Party (formed in 1934 by JP Narayan, Narendra Deva, Minoo Masani, etc.) focused on agrarian reforms, trade unionism, and democratic socialism within the INC framework; it did not adopt evasion of taxes as a programmatic policy.
Statement 2 is incorrect: CSP stood for democratic socialism, rejecting totalitarian methods and the Marxist concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Statement 3 is incorrect: As a nationalist party, CSP firmly opposed communal electorates and the Communal Award, advocating class solidarity over sectarian divisions.
As an integral wing within the Indian National Congress, CSP adhered to the overarching anti-communal and democratic principles of the nationalist mainstream.
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