‘Jugalbandi’ takes the reader through that story, through the creation of the RSS, Jana Sangh, and BJP - and through personalities such as Vajpayee and Advani whose relationship was quite extraordinary - and the young Modi and Amit Shah. “Modi and the BJP’s total dominance of Indian politics seems to have happened very suddenly. It will be released under Penguin’s ‘Viking’ imprint on November 23.īased on private papers, party documents, newspapers and over two hundred interviews, it claims to be the “most authoritative account” of the BJP and a “must-read” for those interested in the ideology that now rules India. The book, “Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi”, is written by political scientist Vinay Sitapati.
A new book will explain Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP’s dominance in Indian politics through the 100-year old story of RSS, Jana Sangh - which later went on to become BJP, and the partnership of its founding leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani.
