From the archive record
The Bharatiya Janata Party office in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh has members of the party waiting outside the office. For security, both personal guards and police constables are also outside the party office. The Bharatiya Janata Party is today the most prominent member of the family of organisations known as the "Sangh Parivar" and nurtured by the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS). Like the RSS, the BJP is wedded to India’s unity and integrity, its intrinsic identity and the social strength, individual character and cultural uniqueness that have been the hallmark of this great country and its people for millennia. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was the leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh from 1953 to 1968. A profound philosopher committed organization man and a leader who maintained the highest stand