BJP expels Jaswant Singh over Jinnah remarks TIMESOFINDIA.COM 19 August 2009, 12:41pm

BJP expels Jaswant Singh over Jinnah remarks TIMESOFINDIA.COM 19 August 2009, 12:41pm IST Print Email Discuss Bookmark/Share Save Comment Text Size: | NEW DELHI/SHIMLA: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday expelled senior leader Jaswant Singh from the primary membership of the party two BJP leader Jaswant Singh holds his book titled 'Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence' during its release. He was expelled by BJP on Wednesday. (PTI Photo) More Pictures Related videos More Videos » days after the release of his book praising Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. ( Watch Video ) BJP president Rajnath Singh told reporters here that the party's parliamentary board decided to expel the former external affairs minister from the primary membership of the party. "Yesterday, I issued a statement about the BJP dissociating itself from Jaswant Singh's views. The party discussed the matter at the chintan baithak (introspection session) and it was decided to expel him," Rajnath Singh said. BJP had on Tuesday dissociated itself from the book written by Jaswant Singh praising Mohammad Ali Jinnah, saying the "painful" part of history cannot be wished away for which the Pakistan founder was responsible. "Views expressed by Jaswant Singh in his book 'Jinnah -- India, Partition, Independence' does not represent views of the party. In fact, the party completely dissociates itself from the contents of the book," party chief Rajnath Singh told reporters here. In his book, Jaswant Singh has held Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for the partition of India and Jinnah has been "demonised" in India. Rajnath Singh underlined that Jinnah had played an important role in "division of India which led to a lot of dislocation and destabilisation of millions of people". "It is too well known we cannot wish away this painful part of our history," he said. He also took objection to ridiculing of Sardar Vallabhai Patel by Jaswant Singh, saying the first Home Minister played a historic role in unification and consolidation of India amidst serious threats to its unity and integrity. "The entire country remains indebted and proud of all the profound vision, courage and leadership of Patel," he said. Related Articles Modi bans Jaswant's book on Jinnah Once BJP's Hanuman, I'm now Ravana: Jaswant Jaswant and Jinnah | Who created Pak? Who cares Pak reacts to Jaswant's expulsion Key excerpts from Jaswant Singh's book More Stories from this section Gujarat govt bans Jaswant's book on Jinnah Swine flu cases climb to 2,242 in the country Sanskrit poet conferred Jnanpith award Pak reacts to Jaswant's expulsion over Jinnah remarks Gujarat Govt invokes Epidemic Act; nine fresh cases of H1N1 113 Comments on this story. Read them and Post your Own. It is unfortunate that such a person is not in BJP. When will as a nation accept that there are different views on an event. The same thing happened to the beatutiful book of Moulana Azad by Congress.| Read By S.A.Sampath on 19/08/2009 at 04:54 pm hhhhhhh. Vi in Pakistan might be way back in availing the fruits of democracy and consiquenly facing a lots of problems, but dear indians, I could not dream of a party here expelling its prominent me| Read By Marlo on 19/08/2009 at 04:47 pm surpising to see the message from 'saifddin, from saudi arabia'. that is just a message of a 'muslim' reacting. he has no idea of what is the issue...he is speaking from a place where rape is ok. woma| Read By jayshree on 19/08/2009 at 04:46 pm