Who called the Congress Conferences as the 'Annual National Festival of Educated Indians'?

The correct answer is (A) Lala Lajpat Rai.

• Lala Lajpat Rai, a prominent leader of the Extremist faction of the Indian National Congress, described the annual sessions of the Congress as the 'Annual National Festival of Educated Indians' in his work Young India.
• He was critical of the Congress's early moderate methods of 'prayer, petition, and protest,' believing that the organization was elitist and failed to represent the masses during its initial phase.
• The other options are incorrect: Bal Gangadhar Tilak famously described the Congress as an organization that 'begs' for political rights; Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a leading Moderate and mentor to Gandhi, holding views contrary to the Extremists; and Bipin Chandra Pal was another radical leader who advocated for 'Swaraj' but is not associated with this specific quote.