BJP Work
In 1980, the Janata Party split and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was formed. Rajagopal then served as its Kerala president until 1985.After 1985 he occupied a number of positions, including the All India Secretary, General Secretary, and the Vice President of BJP. In 1989 he ran for a Lok Sabha from Manjeri but failed. Two years later, he attempted to run for the Trivandrum (Lok Sabha constituency) seat but failed again because BJP candidates are nearly unelectable in Kerala. His next run took place in the state of Madhya Pradesh. He was elected in 1992 and 1998 to the Rajya Sabha. In 1999 he attempted a second run from Thiruvananthapuram but failed again. In 2006, there were rumors that Rajagopal would contest elections from Palakkad in the assembly elections for Kerala. In the 2011 Assembly elctions he contested from the Nemom constituency in Thiruvananthapuram and was speculated to win, but eventually lost by a margin of 6,400 votes. He lost the by-election from Neyyattinkara constituency, which was held on June 2, 2012.
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