“Unlike Islamic fundamentalists, the BJP does not claim to possess a blueprint. It shall have to struggle to evolve an Indian approach to modern problems.”

— Girilal Jain

Page 105, The Hindu Phenomenon, ISBN 81-86112-32-4.
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