The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday expelled senior leader Jaswant Singh from the party for praising Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his new book, “Jinnah – India, Partition, Independence”.
The BJP top brass took the decision to sack Jaswant Singh – a Lok Sabha member and a former Union Minister – at the party’s chintan baithak (introspection meeting) being held in Shimla.
His latest book, ‘Jinnah — India, Independence, Partition’, released on Monday lauds the founder of Pakistan and holds India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and its first home ministere Vallabhbhai Patel responsible for the country’s partition in 1947.
Reacting to BJP’s decision to sack him from the Party, senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh said on Wednesday that he was saddened by this decision of the party.
