Jinnah causes partition between Jaswant, BJP
Announcing the ouster, party chief Rajnath Singh said, “I had issued a statement on Tuesday dissociating the party from the book.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI/SHIMLA: Four years after L K Advani had to abruptly step down as BJP chief for his ���Jinnah-was-secular ��� remarks, the long-dead Muslim League leader claimed another victim in the party ��� Jaswant Singh ��� who was summarily expelled on Wednesday for praising the founder of Pakistan.
Jaswant���s controversial book ������ Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence��� ��� and an interview in which he described Jinnah as ���a great man��� ��� who had been demonized in India , placed him in the line of fire of BJP bosses. Announcing the ouster, party chief Rajnath Singh said, ���I had issued a statement on Tuesday dissociating the party from the book. Today, I put the matter up to the parliamentary board which decided to end his primary membership.���
The move, taken at an emergency meeting of BJP���s parliamentary board in Shimla where senior leaders have gathered for a ���chintan baithak��� (introspection meeting), was also meant to put a lid ��� as desired by RSS chief Mohanrao Bhagwat in an interview to TOI on Tuesday ��� on dissension wracking the party.
In his interview, Bhagwat had disapproved of the book. The BJP brass took the cue, rejecting suggestions for milder punishment ��� including removal from the parliamentary board ��� and dispensing with the usual practice of issuing a showcause notice. But Jaswant seems unlikely to fade quietly. He abandoned his resigned note, attacking Advani, accusing BJP of being ���power drunk��� and speaking of the ���poison of office��� .
Jaswant���s controversial book ������ Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence��� ��� and an interview in which he described Jinnah as ���a great man��� ��� who had been demonized in India , placed him in the line of fire of BJP bosses. Announcing the ouster, party chief Rajnath Singh said, ���I had issued a statement on Tuesday dissociating the party from the book. Today, I put the matter up to the parliamentary board which decided to end his primary membership.���
The move, taken at an emergency meeting of BJP���s parliamentary board in Shimla where senior leaders have gathered for a ���chintan baithak��� (introspection meeting), was also meant to put a lid ��� as desired by RSS chief Mohanrao Bhagwat in an interview to TOI on Tuesday ��� on dissension wracking the party.
In his interview, Bhagwat had disapproved of the book. The BJP brass took the cue, rejecting suggestions for milder punishment ��� including removal from the parliamentary board ��� and dispensing with the usual practice of issuing a showcause notice. But Jaswant seems unlikely to fade quietly. He abandoned his resigned note, attacking Advani, accusing BJP of being ���power drunk��� and speaking of the ���poison of office��� .
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