When
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister, the man entrusted Vijay Goel with the postion of Union Minister of State responsible for the Prime Minister's Office and the prestigious Planning Commission.Subsequently, giving credit to Vijay Goel's versatility he was also given the charge of diverse portfolios like the Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as Union Minister in the NDA Government from 2001 until 2004
Vijay Goel cut his political teeth at the prestigious SRCC at Delhi University. He was elected the Joint Secretary of the elite Students Union, rose to become Supreme Councillor at DU and went on to become DUSU President. Starting as the treasurer of ABVP, he became the General Secretary of BJYM, Delhi and then the All India Secretary of BJYM.
He then went onto to become the Secretary of BJP, Delhi. He later became the General Secretary, BJP District, Delhi Sadar and never looked back.
Bharatiya Janata Party's National General Secretary scored a 'hat trick' by winning three consecutive (11th, 12th & 13th) Lok Sabha Parliamentary elections from Sadar and Chandni Chowk.
Vijay Goel's rise to the top