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Jaitley idolised Deendayal Upadhyaya in his budget speech
Here's why Jaitley idolised Deendayal Upadhyaya in his budget
speech  July 10, 2014 18:07 IST  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley,
during his maiden Budget speech in Parliament on Thursday,
termed late Bharatiya Janata Party ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya
as his party’s Rajiv Gandhi and asserted that many development
schemes of his government will be named after the ‘tall leader’
in the years to come.  Jaitley's endorsement of Upadhyaya
doesn't come as a surprise, for the latter has been the source
of ideological guidance and moral inspiration for the BJP since
its inception.  Here are five things you should know about him:
1. Deendayal Upadhyaya joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
during his college days in Kanpur in 1937. There he came in
contact with RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar. After college
in 1942, he did not look out for a