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JASWANT SINGH

BORN: JANUARY 3, 1938 (AGE 71).

HE IS FROM THE INDIAN STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND

WAS AN OFFICER IN THE INDIAN ARMY IN THE 1960S.

FINANCIAL MINISTER(May 16, 1996 to June 1, 1996, July 2002)

MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS(December 5, 1998 until July 1, 2002)

JASWANT SINGH IS ALSO THE MOST INFLUENTIAL

PERSON IN THE BJP

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BOOKS AND CONTROVERSIES

July 2006,A Call to Honour: In Service of Emergent India.

Singh insinuated that a mole had existed in the

Prime Ministerial Office during the tenure of PrimeMinister P. V. Narasimha Rao, who had leaked

information to American

sources. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh challenged

him to name the mole.

Jaswant Singh then backed off, saying his views on

the sub ect were based on a "hunch.

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17 August 2009 Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence.

He claimed Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's centralised polity

was responsible for partition.

He praised Jinnah and held Nehru and Sardar Vallabhaipatel responsible for partition of India and Pakistan

He was later expelled from the primary membership of

BJP as a result of the ensuing controversy

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JASWANT-JINNAH

CONTROVERSY

Jaswant Singhs Book titled Jinnah, India, Independence

and Partition, released on August 17, 2009

Jaswant Singh has squarely put the blame for partition

of India in 1947 on Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai

Patel and the Congress rather than Quaid-i-AzamMuhammad Ali Jinnah.

Jaswant Singh goes on to say that the Indian leaders had

not only misunderstood Jinnah but made a demon out ofhim.

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RESULT OF CONTROVERSY Jaswant Singh has been sacked by the Bharatiya

Janata Party (BJP) for writing a book praisingPakistans founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

His Book was banned in Gujrat.

Jaswant, a former external affairs, defence and

finance minister, has been criticised by senior BJPand Sangh Parivar leaders for heaping praise onPakistans founder in his book Jinnah - India,

Partition, Independence.

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OUR POINT OF VIEW TOWARDS THIS

CONTROVERSY :

DIANA CHESUN: WELL TO BE HONEST MR. JASWANT SINGH HAS TALKEDABOUT THE FACTS..... PRESENT POLITICIENS AND PEOPLE CAN NOT SEE SOMEBODY SHOWING THEM THE MIRROR... WELL GREAT JOB DONE..BJP MAY NOTRESPECT HIM BUT HE HAS GIVEN HIS BEST TO THE PARTY... AND WE SHOULD BEPOSITIVE EVEN THOUGH WE DIFFERENT IN OPINION........

POOJA SHAH: WE ARE INDIAN BUT WE DONT HAVE RIGHT TO EXPRESS OURINDIVISUAL VIEWS. ITS REALLY SHAME ON US . BJP EXILE MR. JASWANT SINGH

WITHOUT ANY SO-CAUSE NOTICE. I THINK BJP SNATCHING CONSTITUTIONALRIGHT . GANDHI ALWAYS KEPT POLITICS AND RELIGON SAME PATH BUT THISTIME CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CHANGE THEY ARE NOT GOING ON SAME PATH.

ROHAN SHETTY: IT IS A COMMENDABLE EFFORTS OF JASWANT SINGH BYPENNED DOWN SUCH A GOOD BOOK WHICH WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE TOKNOW EVERY INDIAN THAT WHAT WAS ACTUAL HISTORY AND HOW CLOSEPAKISTAN IS WITH INDIA AND IT VL ALSO HELPFUL TO MAINTAIN PEACEAMONG TWO NATIONS.

WASSIM SHAIK:ITS REAL BRAVERY FROM MR. JASWANT SINGH! THANKS FOR

UNFOLDING REALITY! IT'S BITTER TRUTH AND PEOPLE WOULD FIND DIFFICULTTO SWALLOW. WE PRAISE YOUR EFFORTS!

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"The day we start banning books, weare banning thinking,"

Jaswant Singh