The BJP has been in constant search for national icons whom the party can co-opt in its nationalistic agenda and use it as a weapon to attack the dynastic politics of Congress and other regional parties. Kamaraj fits the bill in the same manner as Vallabh Bhai Patel, Subhash Chandra Bose, Lal Bahadur Shastri and PV Narsimha Rao.
