Deendayal turned BJP from an Opposition to a national alternative: Modi

New Delhi, (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today credited Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay with turning the BJP from a 'vipaksh' (opposition) to a 'vikalp' (alternative).

'In a short span of time, one party completed the

' and this was due to foundations laid by Deendayal Ji,' the Prime Minister said, while addressing people at the launch of a series of publications on the founding father of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner of BJP.

'Deendayal Ji gave impetus to 'Karyakarta Nirman' (building of party cadre).