Former defence minister Jaswant Singh passed away on Sunday. He was 82. (Express archive photo)
A former officer of the Indian Army, Singh had contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent candidate from Barmer district in Rajasthan after he did not get a BJP ticket. He lost to Colonel Sona Ram of the BJP. (Express archive photo by Arvind Yadav)
File photo of BJP President LK Advani, Jaswant Singh and Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee releasing party manifesto at Party Head office. Singh was a member of the Parliament for nine terms and served as the Minister of Finance (2002-2004), Minister of Defence (2000-2001), Minister of External Affairs (1998-2002). in the Vajpayee government. (Express archive photo by Ravi Batra)
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh meeting with the foreign minister of Turkey ISMAIL, CEN at UN Centre on 12.09.2000. (Express archive photo)
Jaswant Singh during Parliamentrary committee meeting at Parliament Annexe in New Delhi. (Express archive photo by RK Sharma)
Jaswant Singh (Deputy Chairman Planning Commission) and Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati (Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science Columbia University) at a seminar on "What Should be India's Economic respouse to Sanchious" in New Delhi. (Express archive photo by Virendra Singh)
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh with Ram Jethmalani. (Express archive photo by Sunil Saxena on 22-05-1996)
BJP leader Jaswant Singh addressing the press at the National convocation of Bharatiya Janata Party. The party was celebrating its 25th anniversary at Bandra Reclamation. (Express photo by Vasant Prabhu, 27/12/2005)
Jaswant Singh was once the NDA's nominee for vice-president. He lost UPA candidate Hamid Ansari. In this pic, he is seen sitting in his reading room after an NDA meet. (Express file photo)
School students with Jaswant Singh at The Indian Express idea exchange in New Delhi. (Express file photo)
Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh at a press meet in New Delhi. He contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 as an independent. (Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey, 02 May 2014)