416:. The Bengal branch of the Jana Sangh was established by Mookerjee on 23 April 1951 and the Panjab and Delhi branch was established by Madhok a month later, on 27 May 1951. Madhok served as the secretary of the Panjab branch and later, a member of the Working Committee of the national organisation. He was part of the RSS-dominated Working Committee of the Jana Sangh in 1954, which ensured the ouster of the traditional politician wing led by the President
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also joined later. The party demanded the complete unification of Jammu and
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for representing the interests of Jammu Hindus. He eventually rose to become the president of the
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Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India)
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Former Jan Sangh president Balraj Madhok passes away
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