Political Science · India's Foreign Policy
UGC NET Dec 2018 Political Science
Who among the following Prime Ministers propounded the notion of 'genuine non-alignment'?
AMorarji Desai ✓ Correct
BJawaharlal Nehru
CLal Bahadur Shastri
DInder Kumar Gujral
Correct answer: (A) Morarji Desai — Morarji Desai propounded 'genuine non-alignment', so the answer is Morarji Desai.
Explanation
★Morarji Desai propounded 'genuine non-alignment', so the answer is Morarji Desai.
★Desai was India's fourth Prime Minister, leading the Janata Party government from 1977 to 1979.
★He argued India's non-alignment had tilted towards the USSR and needed to be made truly even-handed.
★'Genuine non-alignment' meant keeping equal distance from both superpower blocs.
★He held that non-alignment should not block India from friendships with any nation.
★His government sought to restore balance to India's sovereign foreign-policy choices.
★Nehru founded non-alignment itself, but the 'genuine' refinement is credited to Desai.
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