August 20, 2009
The real story behind Jaswant’s expulsion
Posted by: admin : Category: Current affairs
His ‘adulation’ of Jinnah was the cause celebre, but differences have been building up between him and the BJP.
Jaswant Singh, defence, finance and foreign minister in successive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments and a member of the Parliamentary Board, the party’s highest body, was today stripped of primary membership of the BJP.
The proximate reason for the expulsion was Singh’s evaluation of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, considered the father of Pakistan, in a book that was released earlier this week. The book, described as “adulatory” of a hate object of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), was strongly criticised by large sections of the BJP.
