Who among the following supported the Swaraj Party in Central Legislative Assembly in pre-independent India? A. M.

The correct answer is A) Mohd Ali Jinnah. The Swaraj Party was founded in 1923 by C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru inside the Congress to enter the legislative councils and obstruct the government from within. In the Central Legislative Assembly, Jinnah, leading the Independent group, often voted with the Swarajists against government measures, so he is the figure remembered for backing them there.

• B) Gandhi: Gandhi opposed council entry. His stand is why the Swarajists broke away from the Gandhian no-changers to form their own party.
• C) Rajendra Prasad: He stayed with the no-changer section and did not join the Swarajist programme in the Assembly.
• D) Nehru: Jawaharlal Nehru was a Congress leader close to Motilal Nehru, but the question asks about support in the Central Assembly, and the answer intended is the Assembly-level backing that Jinnah gave.

The core concept is the Swarajist strategy of council entry, which links to the Mains theme of constitutional reforms and the 1919 and 1935 Acts.

Trap: Many aspirants pick Nehru because he is the best-known Swarajist. Read whether the question asks for a member of the party or for someone who supported it in the Assembly.