Implementation of Deendayal Upadhyay’s theories.
Q. Which of the following is/are true?
1) Dattopant Thengadi founded the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh.
2) Nanaji Deshmukh founded the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh.- Published on 30 Sep 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Only 1
- Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay’s (Panditji) theories were put in practice by two of his colleagues. Panditji’s vision was guiding beacon for them
- Dattopant Thengadi founded the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, which went on to become the biggest trade union in the country.
- He also launched the Swadeshi Jagran Manch and famously turned down a Padma Bhushan from the Vajpayee government because he disapproved of its policies.
- Nanaji Deshmukh set up the Deen Dayal Research Institute, which created a model of rural development based on self-reliance.
- The fact that it boosted economic prosperity in the several hundred villages in Chitrakoot where it was applied attracts a great deal of attention from development agencies worldwide and drew fulsome praise from former President APJ Abdul Kalam.
