What were the reasons for the dominance of one party system in India?

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The dominance of Congress in India was due to following reasons: 

1. Congress was identified with the freedom struggle for building national unity and solidarity. 

2. Congress was associated with Mahatma Gandhi’s name. 

3. It had a broad based manifesto to include the various section of society. 

4. Congress bore a popular appeal of charismatic leader like Mahatma Gandhi, J.L. Nehru, Sardar Patel, Indira Gandhi etc. 

5. Congress focused on building role of the party.

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