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Describe any four features of the ideology followed by Swatantra Party founded in 1959.

The features of the ideology followed by Swatantra Party founded in 1959 are as follows:

a. The basic ideology of the Swatantra Party was to loosen the government control over the economy.


b. It believed that to attain prosperity, individual freedom was necessary.


c. Its main focus was on the central planning policies and the nationalisation of public sector.


d. Swatantra Party called for a free private sector with no government intervention.


e. They did not support the idea of land ceiling, cooperative farming, state trading and the licensing practises.


f. They supported allies with the US but opposed the non-allied movement (NAM).


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