Question

After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri, there was an intense competition for the post of Prime Minister between Indira Gandhi and which one of the following?

Options

• Morarji Desai

• K. Kamraj

• S. Nijalingappa

• V. V. Girl

Answer 1

Morarji Desai

Explanation:

She became the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet after her father died in 1964. After Shastri died in 1966, Gandhi was chosen as leader of the Congress parliamentary party instead of Morarji Desai.