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BJP and Hind Swaraj!?

Looks like the Centenary of Hind Swaraj has finally become mainstream and politicians too have started talking of it -
Here is an interesting note on BJP's President citing Hind Swaraj in the national executive meeting in Nagpur few days ago.
BJP president Rajnath Singh dwelt at length on Gandhi’s seminal work Hind Swaraj for two days. He also mentioned one of the party’s founders, Deendayal Upadhyay, known for propounding the thesis of “Integral Humanism”, in the same breath, and argued that “India’s future must be centred around their vision of development”. 

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