Recently Jaswant Singh has been expelled by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) for writing a Book on the so called Father of Pakistan JINNAH : "Jinnah India-Partition Independence". The expulsion caused enough publicity for him because BJP didn't even consult with Jaswant Singh before annonucing his expulsion from party by completely ignoring his 30 years of service in the party. BJP Senior leader Mr. L K Advani said 'painful but necessary'.
In an interview conducted by times of india, a leading national newspaper in India, he refused the indication or feeling of expulsion or similar kind of act from BJP before writing or launching his book on Jinnah. Nonetheless, Jaswant's statement perhaps has something which keeps me doubting his innocence. Yes, it seems that Jaswant's act of praising Jinnah in his book was intentional because he might be knowing the consequences.
After a terrible defeat in the 2009 elections BJP has nothing remain to stand out against in the coming 5 years. Instead of having youth representation (which is a mandate to drive the party and nation) they have few old names who are fighting amongst each other. After Vajpayee's retirement from the party Jaswant Singh sees no opportunity for him in the party. He might be having this thought of separating from the party but wasn't able to find a way to get out his 30 years of bond with the party. 'Jinnah' who is always a controversial issue like 'Kashmir' clicked on his mind. Although he raises truth about the role of Congress (including Nehru and Patel) but he was in par with Jinnah. Here he made the point.
No party in India can tolerate any of his members to praise the person who is so called responsible for partitioning India. We have been teaching our kids right from chilhood that Jinnah is the solely reason of partitioning India. So Jaswant had to pay the price for praising Jinnah which he immediately got from BJP in the form of expulsion.
What's now:
Jaswant is separated from BJP (known to be a biased party) and is now made a point that he is a follower of secularism. From now he has the opportunity to open a new party or to join anti-BJP parties.
Jaswant has gain enough popularity by writing a book on Jinnah and has undergone a change for himself which may or maynot in turn going to benefit him.........
1 comment:
Nicely said about Jaswant Singh's political ambitions....but as a matter of fact Jinnah is not responsible for partition and is as much respectable as Nehru or Patel if they are respectable at all. Few crucial issues about Indian partition and role of Jinnah and the correctness of the demand of partition have already been raised in few of the writings of Ambedkar...I fail to understand why then Jaswant's writing so is so objectionable.
-Mohita
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