Tag: Jana Sangh

By Amulya Ganguli, Narendra Modi's views of the historical events at the time of partition are as problematic as his understanding of what happened in the subsequent periods. Inaugurating the new, plush, 170,000 sq. feet, vaastu-compliant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in New Delhi, he said that the party in its earlier avatar as the Jana Sangh was at the forefront of all the leading mass movements in the country. However, this assessment is unlikely to be shared by those who are not followers of the BJP. In their opinion, far...