Jaswant Singh, former Union minister and one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) passed away on Sunday after a prolonged illness. The 82-year-old leader had a political career that lasted for more than three decades in which he held several positions, including Union minister for defence and external affairs among others.
Singh was a five-time Member of Parliament (MP) in the Rajya Sabhastarting in 1980, the year that the BJP was formed and had also been a member of Lok Sabha at least four times. He was known to be close to both former minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and senior leader LK Advani. He was one of the key political leaders of the BJP during the tenure of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) under Vajpayee between 1998-2004.
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