MPPSC 2014 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first President of the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) upon its formation in1980. Under him, the BJP projected itself as a centrist party that had moved away from the strident politics of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.Vajpayee, often seen as themoderate face of the BJP, laterbecame the first Prime Ministerof India not from the IndianNational Congress to serve afull term.