Jaswant Singh criticizes ban on the book by Gujarat government
Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh criticized the ban imposed on his book by the Gujarat government. Speaking to reporters in Shimla he said the ban on his book on Jinnah amounts to ban on thinking. He said the ban can be compared with the step taken against noted author Salman Rushdie for his controversial work 'Satanic Verses'. Singh added that he was greatly saddened by it.
On his continuance as MP from Darjeeling, he told reporters that he got a telephonic call from his constituency that the people there wanted him to continue as their representative in Lok Sabha.
Jaswant Singh was expelled yesterday by BJP for the book in which he has praised the Pakistan founder MA Jinnah and said Congress party and its leaders Jawahar Lal Nehru and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel were responsible for the partition.
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