Early Political Journey of Narendra Modi in Gujrat
Early Political Journey of Modi in Gujrat
The early political journey of Narendra Modi in Gujrat has seen many ups and downs. Before being assigned to BJP by RSS, he played a major role in campaigning against Indira Gandhi after the emergency. He became general secretary of RSS’s committee Gujrat Lok Sangharsh Samiti. During that period, he also wrote a book “Gujrat Ma Sangharsh”. In 1978, he was made RSS Sambhag Pracharak of Surat and Vadodara region. Later in 1979, he was sent to Delhi to write the RSS version of emergency. And in 1985 he was assigned to BJP by RSS.
Modi played a major role in the Ahmedabad municipal elections which in turn, became the reason behind Modi becoming the organizing secretary of Gujrat unit in 1987. In 1990, he became a member of BJP’s national election commission.
Modi Successfully organized Lal Krishna Advani’s Rath Yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya. It was a long march by L. K. Advani. He also organized another march named Ekta Yatra from Kanyakumari (southern tip of India) to Kashmir (the northern tip). It was undertaken by Murli Manohar Joshi. These two events are considered to have contributed in bringing the BJP to power in 1998.
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In 1992, after having frictions with a BJP’s MP Shankar Singh Vaghela, he took a break from politics and started a school. He came back in politics because of Lal Krishna Advani’s insistence in 1994. Later, he was elected national secretary of BJP in 1995 and transferred to Delhi, where he assumed the responsibilities of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. His strategy played an important role in winning the majority in 1998’s Gujrat assembly elections and electing Keshubhai patel as chief minister. After this victory, he was elected General Secretary of BJP in Gujrat.
