Remembering the King Maker #KamarajNadar on a day when young talented leaders are quitting party & showing their loyalty to the chair & not to the party.
Whenever leaders quit party in search of power ‘Kamaraj Plan’, starts doing the rounds. Named after the Former CM of Madras.

As per this plan prominent ministers resign to work for the party. In1962, after Nehruji's 3rd consecutive victory. Morarji Desai imposed heavy taxes on citizens, igniting widespread anger against govt.

There was 3 quick byelections in1963, in which Congress lost heavily to opposition stalwarts Ram Manohar Lohia, Kripalani & Minoo Masani.
Kamaraj was a 3 time CM of Madras. He suggested Nehru that all top ministers of the govt should resign and go back to the organisation.

Congress, to win the confidence of the people. He offered his resignation first and then a number of heads rolled.6 ministers, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Jagjivan Ram & Morarji Desai and five CMs, including Biju Patnaik, stepped down to work for the party.

This incident made Kamaraj an instant hero and became Congress president a week later.He made Nehru reinstate Lal Bahadur Shastri as a minister without portfolio, who virtually worked as a deputy PM. He made it clear to the party that Shastri would be the PM after Nehru.

He repeated this trend after Shastri died in Tashkent in 1966, by making a young Indira Gandhi prime minister.He never eyed for the top post himself and worked for the organisation
It was an attempt to shake a party out of its lethargy & complacency
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