BS YEDDYURAPPA
It was because of Yeddyurappa that BJP managed to win in Karnataka for the first time in state assembly polls in 2008. The former chief minister was associated with the RSS since his childhood. He quit the BJP after 40 years in the party. Prior to his entry into politics, he was a clerk at a rice mill. He resigned after his name surfaced in 2011 mining scam. He left party after he was denied BJP state unit chief post.
UMA BHARTI
Being a woman leader of the party, Uma Bharti was one of the firebrand leaders of the party. She contested election in 1984 for the first time and won. She was a minister in the Vajpayee cabinet. She was suspended from the party after making comments against senior party leaders. She formed Bharatiya Janashakti Party but failed to make an impact and finally she was re-inducted into BJP in June, 2011.
KESHUBHAI PATEL
Keshubhai Patel belongs to a strong Patel community in Gujarat. He was once named a heavyweight of the party. He led Gujarat as CM as well. He used to criticise Narendra Modi, while being in the party. In 2012 he resigned from party and floated Gujarat Parivartan Party, but during the recent assembly elections in Gujarat, he managed to win only two seats.
KALYAN SINGH
There was a time when Kalyan Singh was a major figure of the party, but in 1999 he was thrown out of party for publically criticising Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After his separation from the BJP, he formed his own political entity, Rashtriya Kranti Party and contested in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls in 2002, where his party won only four seats. In 2003 he joined Samajwadi Party government as an ally. Kalyan Singh rejoined the BJP before 2004 Lok Sabha polls but during 2009 general election he rejoined the Samajwadi Party. Eventually, the saga ended in 2012, when he was again re-inducted into BJP.
SHAKAR SINGH VAGHELA
RSS ideologue Shakar Singh Vaghela won the Lok Sabha election on BJP ticket in 1977 but due to widening differences with Keshubhai Patel, he left BJP and floated Rashtriya Janata Party in 1996. His party failed to impress the voters of Gujarat and after sometime his party merged with Congress.
It was because of Yeddyurappa that BJP managed to win in Karnataka for the first time in state assembly polls in 2008. The former chief minister was associated with the RSS since his childhood. He quit the BJP after 40 years in the party. Prior to his entry into politics, he was a clerk at a rice mill. He resigned after his name surfaced in 2011 mining scam. He left party after he was denied BJP state unit chief post.
UMA BHARTI
Being a woman leader of the party, Uma Bharti was one of the firebrand leaders of the party. She contested election in 1984 for the first time and won. She was a minister in the Vajpayee cabinet. She was suspended from the party after making comments against senior party leaders. She formed Bharatiya Janashakti Party but failed to make an impact and finally she was re-inducted into BJP in June, 2011.
KESHUBHAI PATEL
Keshubhai Patel belongs to a strong Patel community in Gujarat. He was once named a heavyweight of the party. He led Gujarat as CM as well. He used to criticise Narendra Modi, while being in the party. In 2012 he resigned from party and floated Gujarat Parivartan Party, but during the recent assembly elections in Gujarat, he managed to win only two seats.
KALYAN SINGH
There was a time when Kalyan Singh was a major figure of the party, but in 1999 he was thrown out of party for publically criticising Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After his separation from the BJP, he formed his own political entity, Rashtriya Kranti Party and contested in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls in 2002, where his party won only four seats. In 2003 he joined Samajwadi Party government as an ally. Kalyan Singh rejoined the BJP before 2004 Lok Sabha polls but during 2009 general election he rejoined the Samajwadi Party. Eventually, the saga ended in 2012, when he was again re-inducted into BJP.
SHAKAR SINGH VAGHELA
RSS ideologue Shakar Singh Vaghela won the Lok Sabha election on BJP ticket in 1977 but due to widening differences with Keshubhai Patel, he left BJP and floated Rashtriya Janata Party in 1996. His party failed to impress the voters of Gujarat and after sometime his party merged with Congress.