Charan Singh's Early Politics

[...]it was the other way round; Charan Singh started the BKD in 1967 and at the time of his death, his party was known by the name of LD. Despite his scholarship in agricultural economics and a clear headed alternative approach to handle the political economy of UP, Charan Singh almost always ended up fighting against the political winds of his time, first at the state level and subsequently at the national level. Political Economy of Agriculture Charan Singh played a vital role in reorganising the political economy of agriculture in UP by playing a role in the initiation of agricultural reforms immediately after Independence through the three major steps of zamindari abolition, consolidation of small landholdings, and, agricultural land ceiling. [...]the following decade saw him battling against Congress that ultimately catapulted him to national politics and made him the home minister of India, deputy prime minister and finally the prime minister, though for a short period.