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 The maverick politician and activist Subramaniam Swamy has come full circle with his decision to merge his Janata party into the Bharatiya Janata Party. It was through the erstwhile Jana Sangh that this longtime Harvard teacher had entered Parliament for the first time in early 1970s and since then has hogged the media limelight for the past four decades. He had fled India to evade arrest when Indira Gandhi declared Emergency in the country. I remember Swamy had become an instant hero when he quietly entered India, surfaced in Parliament all of sudden and later disappeared into thin air, giving the police a slip. Incidentally, lawyer Ram Jethmalani was another vocal opponent of the Emergency who too had managed to evade arrest by fleeing to Canada at that time. Incidentally, both these heroes were richly rewarded with victory in Lok Sabha seats from Mumbai in the post-Emergency polls. Subramaniam Swamy again made headlines in the print media of those days when he decided to keep floating Janata Party – the legacy of Emergency heroes like Jayprakash Narayan. As the president of this party which never had presence at national level nor in his Tamilnadu home state, Swamy has continued to rake up various controversies like the issue of foreign origin of Sonia Gandhi and file legal suits, winning him accolades and also brickbats. The talented politician had been Union minister of commerce and law for a brief period in the short lived government of Chandrasekhar. 'Ekla Chalo Re' has always been his dictum and as is the wont of Ram Jethmalani, has often invited ire of those to whom he has been affiliated.
After merging his one-man party into the BJP, Subramaniam Swamy seemed to have sunken his ship as he gears up to promote Narendra Modi for the prime minister's post. Those knowing him well will however doubt how long this self-shining star politician will live under the patronage of any organisation or individual.
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