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NEW DELHI: Jaswant Singh, a former Union minister and one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) passed away on Sunday after a prolonged illness. The 82-year-old leader had a political career that spanned more than three decades in which he held various positions, including that of …

Jaswant Singh, a former Union minister in Atal Bihar Vajpayee’s cabinet who held crucial foreign affairs, defense and finance portfolios, died of a prolonged illness on Sunday morning. Having joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as one of its first founding members after serving in the Indian Army, Singh had …