He was the Sangh's Karachi branch secretary. He was sent to Rajasthan as the Sangh's organiser in Mewat in 1947. This region (Alwar, Bharatpur) saw some of the worst partition violence, including the destruction of all major mosques in Alwar. He was actively involved in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and rose in the ranks of the Delhi branch of that party and was elected on the ticket of that party from 1970 to 1975. Though not a practising lawyer, he argued on behalf of his party in 1974 before the Supreme Court in the Presidential reference whether election to the post of President could be held when the Gujarat Assembly was dissolved. He was detained under the MISA act in Bangalore prison during the Emergency years (1975 to 1977). From 1970 to 1989, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha. In 1989 and again in 1991, he was elected to Lok Sabha......... NOW TIME HAS COME TO SEE ADVANIJI AS PRIME MINISTER..........Advani ji Sangarsh karo ,Hum tumare sath hai
