Origins
The BJS was started by Syama Prasad Mookerjee on 21 October 1951 in Delhi in consultation with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The symbol of the party in Indian elections was an oil lamp. In the 1952 general elections to the Parliament of India, Bharatiya Jana Sangh won three seats, Mookerjee being one of the winning candidates. The BJS would often link up on issues and debates with the right-wing Swatantra Party of Chakravarti Rajgopalachari. Its strongest parliamentary performance came in the 1967 elections, when the Congress majority was its thinnest ever.
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