BJP chief JP Nadda gave the primary membership of the party to Jakhar, describing him as the politician with a "nationalist identity."
The Punjab leader belongs to Abohar from where he has been elected thrice as MLA. His father Balram Jakhar was the Lok Sabha Speaker. The senior Jakhar was also a cabinet minister in Indira Gandhi's team. He had stood by the then PM when she faced a big challenge to her political career post-Emergency in the late 1970s.
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