For Jaswant Singh's son Manvendra, battle for Barmer goes beyond politics

In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Jaswant contested as an Independent from Barmer and lost to BJP candidate Sonaram Chaudhary.

Aditi Phadnis
Last Updated at July 1, 2019 17:17 IST

Manvendra Singh

In 2009, Jaswant Singh —foreign, defence and finance minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government, founder member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and member of the highest body in the party, the Parliamentary Board — was stripped of the primary membership of the BJP (only to be reinducted a year later).

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