Vasant Kumar Pandit

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Vasant Kumar Pandit
Member of Parliament
Preceded by
Succeeded byDigvijaya Singh
ConstituencyRajgarh
Personal details
Born(1921-09-25)25 September 1921
Bombay, India
Died5 June 1987(1987-06-05) (aged 66)
Bombay, India
Political partyBharatiya Jan Sangh
Janata Party
Spouse(s)Shushila Pandit
ChildrenTwo Daughter and one son
ResidenceSetalwad Road. Bombay
Source: [1]

Vasant Kumar Pandit (1921-1987) was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh party from Mumbai. Later he was part of Janata Party and Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was born on 5 June 1921 to Ramkrishna Pandit. He died on 25 September 1987. Famous classical singer Pandit Jasraj was his cousin. He was a Professor of Sanskrit at Wilson College in Mumbai and an Astrologer. While he was from Maharashtra and represented Jana Sangh in Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad as a member, he contested 6th & 7th Lok Sabha elections from Madhya Pradesh in BJP strongholds in 1970's. He joined Jaya Prakash Narayan in his Sampoorna Kranti Movement.[1]

A scholarly person, he was associated with Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune, Bharatiya Sangeet Samsad, Indo-Israel League for 10 years, and Prince of Wales Museum for 3 years, among his many social activities.[2]

He took the oath of membership of Lok Sabha in Sanskrit language. As for his association with astrology, BJP leader L. K. Advani has recounted how Pandit accurately predicted a period in the wilderness for his party in 1975-76 just when things were actually looking promising for them.

Dr. Pandit, a renowned professional astrologer said, 'At least my reading of astrology says we are heading for a two-year exile!'.

He was one of the Bharatiya Janata Party's executive members. "Dr Pandit was a member of the Maharashtra legislative council for 18 years and a member of the Lok Sabha from 1977 to 1984 from Madhya Pradesh" [3]

Organizational Positions[]

Secretary, Bharatiya Jan Sangh; Bombay Unit 1953–1966;
President, Bharatiya Jan Sangh, Bombay Unit, 1957–1966,
President, Maharashtra State Jan Sangh, 1969–1977;

Elected Positions[]

He was elected to Lok Sabha from Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh in 1977 on Janata Party's ticket. He won re-election from there in 1980. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in April 1980 when Janata party split.

References[]

  1. ^ Singh, Dalip. "Party chief was hesitant to say no to me..., so I opted out on my own: Sumitra Mahajan". The Economic Times.
  2. ^ "Members Bioprofile". nic.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  3. ^ "L K Advani: 'Whoever forms the government doesn't hesitate in committing excesses, even some of our people'".
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