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I would suggest to all people here on this forum to read the book first before commenting.
Jana, in the book Jaswant Singh has not praised Mr.Jinnah. In fact for the large portion he has been quite critical of him.
I have had the oppurtunity to read the unedited book last month and I can assure you there are things which are definitely not palatable.
All the comments that are being made are based on couple of pages of a book which has more than 500 pages.This book contains lot of cross references to other historical archives, quotations from contemporary leaders and Mr.Jaswant singh's own interpretation of history.
The media is only highlighting excerpts which will help them sell their story.
Regarding his expulsion it is nothing more than a power struggle in the party and in light of yesterday's interview by the RSS chief something big had to happen.
Mr.Jaswant Singh is one of the liberal faces of BJP. One must remember that during the Rath yatra of Adavani, he was absent from all the road shows and during the 1st Govt formation by BJP his name as a Minister in the cabinet was vetoed by RSS.
Please read this very interesting article in the BBC by Soutik Biswas
BBC - Soutik Biswas's India
yes i know there are many parts where he has criticised Jinnah and Pakistan in a sugarcoated manner
I am showing regret over Indians' thinking just beacue Jaswant said few praising phrases about Jinnah like terming him a great "indian" and secular, the BJP as usual expelled him just like they did with Advani.
BTW i am writing a rejoinder to his book will share soon.