Earlier this month, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy launched Virat Hindustan Sangam, a replacement Hindu organisation, which, he told HuffPost India, are a “promoter of a renaissance in India.”

In a tumultuous political career spanning four decades, Swamy has rarely been very removed from controversy. He has been a lawmaker in both houses of parliament, served as a union cabinet minister, and memorably once attended Parliament and artfully dodged the police while there was a lively bench warrant against him during the Emergency.