Major Jaswant Singh was an officer of the Indian Army and an Indian Cabinet Minister. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamentarians, having been a member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha almost continuously between 1980 and 2014. He was NDA's Vice-presidential candidate in the 2012 Indian vice-presidential election. Singh was the only leader from Rajasthan who had the distinction of becoming the Minister Of External Affairs, Finance and Defense.
Singh c. 2001
Singh with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in 2000.
Jaswant Singh in Parliament to present Interim budget.
Singh meeting Vladimir Putin in 2000.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteer paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology. As of January 2024, it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures.
BJP flag being flown in one of its campaign rallies.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder-president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Lal Krishna Advani, the last president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the founder-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party