onsider the following statement about the Presidential election of 1969 1 N Sanjiva Reddy the ...........

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onsider the following statement about the Presidential election of 1969

1. N Sanjiva Reddy the then speaker of Lok Sabha was the official candidate of congress.

2. The then congress President Nijalingappa issued a whip asking all congress MPs and MLAs to vote against the official candidate.

3. The election led to the victory of V.V. Giri who was supported by the ‘requisitionist’.

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Explanation:

the congress president issued a whip to vote in favour of official candidate. But the congress PM Indira Gandhi was against the official candidate and supported V. V. Giri. The supporters of Indira Gandhi requisitioned the special meeting of AICC , but this was refused. That is why this faction is known as requisitionist.