With reference to the Eka movement, consider the following statements. 1. It was a peasant movement. 2. The main grievances were the extraction of high rent and the oppression of thekedars. 3. The movement did not have a leadership of its own and remained under Congress leadership. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

With reference to the Eka movement, consider the following statements. 1. It was a peasant movement. 2. The main grievances were the extraction of high rent and the oppression of thekedars. 3. The movement did not have a leadership of its own and remained under Congress leadership. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?  Correct Answer 1 and 2 only

The correct answer is 1 and 2 only.

Key Points

Eka movement

• Towards the end of 1921, peasant discontent resurfaced in the districts of Hardoi, Bahraich, and Sitapur in the northern part of the United Province.
• The initial thrust here was provided by Congress and Khilafat leaders and the movement grew under the name of the Eka or unity movement. Hence statement 1 is correct. 
• The main grievances here related to the extraction of a rent that was generally fifty percent higher than the recorded rent, the oppression of thekedars to whom the work of rent- the collection was farmed out, and the practice of share-rents. Hence statement 2 is correct.
• The Eka Movement soon developed its own grassroots leadership in the form of Madari Pasi and other low-caste leaders who were not particularly inclined to accept the discipline of non-violence that the Congress and Khilafat leaders urged.
• This movement was led by a lower caste leader, MadariPasi. 
• As a result, the movement‘s contact with the nationalists diminished and it went its own way. Hence statement 3 is not correct.