Sangh Parivar's first choice

In the aftermath of change of Advani's heart and declaration of Dec 6,1992 as the saddest day of his life, RSS got him ousted from the party president post. VHP’s Togadia called him a traitor for disowning Ram mandir movement.

Now he has become BJP's Primeministerial candidate. It is not known whether the 2005 Indo-Pak cross border melodrama was meant to shed his hardliner baggage. Sangh continues to wield influence in the decision making process of BJP and it has again approved the candidature of its first choice.


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From News archives:

It is no secret that the RSS reversed Vajpayee's decision to appoint Jaswant Singh as Finance Minister. In so doing it demonstrated that he was a mukhota. The decision about Jaswant Singh was cleared by Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and K.C. Sudershan at 9 p.m., though Advani and the RSS leaders continued to have reservations. The list was sent to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Vajpayee informed Jaswant Singh who is learnt to have asked if the decision was final and he could tell his family. But a phone call from a highly-placed RSS functionary in Madras changed everything. Theissue was reopened and the tussle went on till early hours of the morning. By 5 a.m. Jaswant Singh was out of the race. Hours later, Vajpayee had to eat his words again though he said he would retain the Finance portfolio, Yashwant Sinha became the Finance Minister.

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