He joined mainstream politics in 1989 and has held several ministries since 1994.
As a result, many Kashmiris were pushed outside mainstream politics.
The movement also entered mainstream politics, participating in democratic elections with little success.
At the same time, public opinion has shifted strongly, enabling drug reform to move into mainstream politics.
The term has seen recent use in mainstream politics to describe a demographic section of the Australian people.
But how their identities take shape over the years will determine whether they become involved in racial or mainstream politics.
In the years before his death he also tried to bring his family into mainstream politics.
Activists with the women's movement suddenly turned their sights toward mainstream politics.
That view, once considered beyond the pale in Tokyo, has become mainstream politics.
Overall he appeared in good spirits and was confident of a return to mainstream politics.