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The genesis of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was actually in the politics of West Bengal, though the party was not able to develop itself in the state till recently. Following the murder of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was banned by home minister Sardar Patel. M S Golwalkar, the Sangh’s head, was jailed four days later on February 3 along with 20,000 RSS workers. The ban was lifted on July 11, 1949, after the RSS agreed to write and submit a constitution (it functioned without one till then). The formation of the Bharatiya
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