Question

What is the name of the Indian Prime Minister who announced in the Parliament that he would implement the Mandal Commission's recommendations? This announcement triggered a nationwide protest in India.
1. Rajiv Gandhi
2. V. P. Singh
3. Chaudhary Charan Singh
4. Chandrashekhar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : V. P. Singh

The correct answer is V. P. Singh.

• VP Singh was the Indian Prime Minister who announced in the Parliament that he would implement the Mandal Commission's recommendations.
• The Mandal Commission was established in India in 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai.
• Mandal Commission was headed by B.P. Mandal, an Indian parliamentarian.
• The primary objective that the Mandal Commission had in India was to identify the conditions regarding social and educationally backward classes to consider the question of reservations of seats and quotas.

Term of other Prime Ministers of India:

Prime Minister	Office Term
Jawaharlal Nehru	1947–64
Chaudhary Charan Singh	28 July 1979 and 14 January 1980
Chandrashekhar	10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991