Padma Bhushan O Rajagopal, contrarian BJP veteran in profile

What sets apart 95-year-old Olanchery Rajagopal from the rest of the BJP-RSS leaders in Kerala, is his unique ability to appreciate the talents of political rivals. The lone BJP leader in Kerala to have ever entered the state Assembly and a Padma Bhushan awardee this time, Rajagopal has made a habit of saying good things about the party’s rivals.