Jaswant book
Jaswant Singh writes in his book ‘For, along with several other there is one central difficult that India, Pakistan, Bangladesh face: our ‘past’ has, in reality never gone into the ‘past’, it continues to reinvent itself, constantly becoming our ‘present’, thus preventing us from escaping the imprisonment of memories. To this we have to find an answer, who else can or will?’
In this so-called largest democracy in the world people are not free to speak their mind. By expelling Jaswant Singh BJP is trying to set an example for the people to come and I am sure they will not dare to speak a word in the favour of anything Pakistani! A loud and clear message of BJP’s intolerance is conveyed by this action.
Thirty years is a life time! A visibly emotional Singh said that he was sad that his 30 years of association with BJP has come to such an end but felt he could have been told not to come to Shimla.
Describing his expulsion from BJP as “saddening and regrettable”, Jaswant Singh today said that he will not appeal against the decision or seek any review though he felt that the party did not follow procedures. He also made it clear that he did not regret writing the book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah and stood by whatever he has written on the “painful period of history”.
“I have committed no sin. None whatsoever against India,” he said. Recalling that he was among those given positions of responsibility in the party by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani, Singh said “I’am of course saddened by the way I have been expelled after having worked for the party with dedication for 30 years. I have served the party to the best of my ability.”
In 2005, then BJP chief Advani got into trouble when, during a six-day visit to Pakistan, he spoke of Jinnah’s `forceful espousal of a secular state in which every citizen would be free to practice his own religion`. `I have not said or done anything in Pakistan which I need to retract or review,` he said then and described the founder of Pakistan as one of the “very few who actually created history`.
RSS maintains silence over Jaswant’s expulsion
we have been taught all our lives that hindus and muslims are two different nations and cannot live together..this was the basis of two nation theory…and thats why pakistan came into being and quaid e azam is our hero who did this mammoth job….now mr.jaswanth says that while visiting pakistan he realised we share same roots and culture so he is at loss why partition took place and says jinnah wasn’t responsible….so he is a hero for him….what about us ..is nehru our hero??so did he save muslims instead of jinnah?? i am confused:)
Aqeela! Don’t get confused. Jinnah was a good man and everyone has a right to appreciate good qualities of his personality. BJP jut blew it out of proportion.
Nehru is not a lead character in our story….!!! Hero? no way.
nehru…no way!
i mean jaswant wrote some reality facts in his book which was smthng against wat indians are taught!
so dats y they r so much furious that they xpelled him from BJP!
@Aqeela I am an Indian. I don’t know who is responsible for partition. But without partition we Indian and Pakistan would have been a better position than we are now. Both countries didn’t have spend so much money on wars and ammunition that they can hardly afford. Both countries have people living under Below Poverty Level. I hope peace come soon in Af-Pak-India-Bangladesh.
Mishra ji i appreciate your spirit and feeling…it seems unlike most indians u believe in equality and brotherhood with muslims..or pakistanis particularly…sadly but its true too that we were always looked upon as minority and muslims suffered alot at the hands of the British and the hindus so partition was definitely inevitable…i totally agree with the fact that we haven’t prospered well since then but blame goes to other factors as well…..thnx for your comment and plz do keep visiting this blog and sharing your insight with us…
I’m an Indian Muslim. Mr. Baishakh Mishra’s opinion is right. Let us prey for a peaceful future for both the countries.