Balraj Madhok was an Indian political activist and politician from Jammu. Originally an activist of the nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , he later worked as a politician in the Bharatiya Jan Sangh . Madhok was instrumental in launching the RSS in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir and later the political party Jammu Praja Parishad for representing the interests of Jammu Hindus. He eventually rose to become the president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and led its successful contest in the general election of 1967. He resigned from the party afterwards due to political differences with Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L. K. Advani. Wikipedia
“On the grounds that since Muslims had become allergic to me they would not join the party.”
The reason given by the BJS leadership when asking Balraj Madhok to leave the party, in 1973, according to B. Madhok.
Balraj Madhok: "A Question of Power", Indian Express, 29 October 1995. Quoted from Elst, K. BJP vis-à-vis Hindu Resurgence (1997)
B. Madhok: Indianisation quoted in Decolonizing the Hindu Mind (2001) by Koenraad Elst
