Demonstration against Jaswant’s book on JinnahNEW DELHI - Activists of the Rashtrawadi Sena Party on Wednesday staged demonstration against former senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jaswant Singh showering encomium on founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in his book. Split wide open: BJP expels Jaswant Singh (Roundup)SHIMLA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), wrestling with unprecedented internal dissent, Wednesday expelled its veteran leader Jaswant Singh from the party over alleged ideological transgressions related to his remarks on Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Advani took decision to expel Jaswant SinghSHIMLA - “Expel Jaswant Singh from primary membership of the party”. With these words, L.K. Advani sealed the fate of the veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader as the party’s parliamentary board sat Wednesday ahead of the ‘chintan baithak’ to decide on his alleged ideological transgressions. BJP has made a fool of itself: Lord Meghnad DesaiNEW DELHI -Lord Meghnad Desai, noted economist and professor emeritus of the London School of Economics, Wednesday hit out at the BJP for expelling Jaswant Singh, saying it was a bad move and the party had made a “fool of itself”. Jaswant case was open and shut: BJP, RSS leadersNEW DELHI - The expulsion of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh from the party Wednesday following his praise of Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah was due to an “open and shut” case that had nothing to do with the power struggle within the party, senior BJP and RSS leaders maintained. RSS maintains silence over Jaswant Singh’s expulsionSHIMLA - The Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS), the parent body of the BJP, is maintaining its silence over the expulsion of Jawant Singh from the party. Jaswant a victim of party intrigues? Many think so (News Analysis)NEW DELHI - Was Jaswant Singh the victim of high-level intrigue in his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that used him to deflect attention from its own shortcomings to avoid debate on the party’s dismal performance in the general election? My political life not over as yet: Jaswant Singh (Second Lead)SHIMLA - He has gone from being the party’s Hanuman to its Ravana but his political life has not yet ended, a tearful Jaswant Singh said Wednesday shortly after a phone call from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh that he had been expelled from the party. Emotional Jaswant Singh “saddened” by his expulsion from BJPSHIMLA - A shattered and emotionally overwrought Jaswant Singh on Wednesday said that his expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party for writing a book in which he described the founder of Pakistan, M.A.Jinnah, as a secular being, had saddened him to such an extent that he could not find the right words to react. Jinnah, a bugbear for the Bharatiya Janata Party?NEW DELHI - For the second time in five years, Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah has come to haunt the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party which espouses the cause of Hindus. Invoking of his name first nearly claimed the job of party president L.K. Advani and now has scalped Jaswant Singh, senior party leader. Jaswant’s expulsion right, no compromise on ideology: BJPSHIMLA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said that the decision to expel senior party leader Jaswant Singh was right and there cannot be any compromise on party’s ideology. Jaswant Singh says he sent an advance copy of his book to AdvaniSHIMLA - In a startling revelation, expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh said on Wednesday that he had sent an advance copy of his latest book ” Jinnah - India-Partition-Independence” to senior party leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani, and therefore, this made his removal from the party after 30 years of association even more painful and shocking. Jaswant Singh’s expulsion boon for Gorkhaland: GJMSILIGURI - The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Wednesday termed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Darjeeling MP Jaswant Singh’s expulsion from the party Wednesday as a “boon for the Gorkhaland movement” as the leader can now “work freely” for the realisation of a separate state. Jaswant Singh says he sent an advanced copy of his book to AdvaniSHIMLA - In a startling revelation, expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh said on Wednesday that he had sent an advance copy of his latest book ” Jinnah - India-Partition-Independence” to senior party leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani, and therefore, this made his removal from the party after 30 years of association even more painful and shocking. Jaswant Singh out of BJP: Insight by a political analyst
Jaswant Singh ’sad and regretful’ after expulsion from BJPSHIMLA - He had gone from being the party’s Hanuman to its Ravana, a tearful Jaswant Singh said Wednesday shortly after he got a phone call from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh that he had been expelled from the party. I should have been told in person, not on phone: JaswantSHIMLA - “I am sad and regretful,” Jaswant Singh said Wednesday shortly after getting a phone call from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh that he had been expelled from the primary membership of the party. Two days after Jinnah book, Jaswant expelled from BJP (Second Lead)SHIMLA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expelled its veteran leader Jaswant Singh from the primary leadership of the party Wednesday, two days after the release of his controversial book in praise of Pakistan’s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Book controversy not new for Jaswant SinghNEW DELHI - Senior leader Jaswant Singh has been expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for his book praising Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, but this is not the first time his writings have touched off controversy. Jaswant Singh expelled from the BJPSHIMLA - Taking stern action against former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday divested him form the party’s primary membership. Jaswant Singh expelled from BJPSHIMLA - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh was expelled from the primary membership of the party Wednesday, two days after the release of his controversial book praising Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah. |
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Just as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) idea of India is that of a Hindu nation and not a multicultural one, Jaswant Singh’s interpretation of Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s pre-1947 role is at odds with the widely held perceptions in India.
