How did the factional rivalry between the Syndicate and Indira Gandhi result in the split of Congress in 1969.

The differences between Indira Gandhi and the ‘Syndicate’ resulted in the split of Congress in 1969. A series of initiatives were taken by Indira Gandhi to give the government policies a Left orientation. In May 1967, she got the Congress Working Committee to adopt a Ten Point Programme which included the social control of banks, nationalisation of General Insurance, and ceiling on the urban property. The Left-wing programme was approved by the Syndicate leaders but not without reservations. During the Presidential elections of 1969, the factional rivalry between the Syndicate and Indira Gandhi came out in the open. In spite of N. Sanjeeva Reddy being the official Congress candidate, V.V. Giri was encouraged by Indira Gandhi to file his nomination as an independent candidate and he won with her full support and call for ‘conscience voting’. During this time the then Finance Minister Morarji Desai left the government because of differences between him and Indira Gandhi as she had announced to the nationalisation of fourteen leading private banks and the abolition of privy purses. These events ultimately led to the split of Congress in 1969 into Congress (Organisation) and Congress (Requisitionists).