Perhaps Jaswant Singh might not have thought in his wildest imaginations at any point of time while writing his book that he has to pay his expulsion from the party as the price. After serving the party for more than 3 decades and holding coveted positions in the cabinet, just making a call and telling him that you are expelled from the party is too harsh and unethical.
As a citizen of Republic of India, each and every one has the right of freedom of expression and Jaswant Singh is not an exception. Why when Taslima Nasreen had made some comments in her book hurting sentiments of particular community BJP supported her and not in this case. Why L.K. Advani was not expelled from the party for making almost similar statements by praising the long-dead Jinnah?. Is it because he is a stalwart of the party. There clearly appears to be double standards while taking decisions in the party and it depends on the stature of that particular person in the party.
I don't think the expulsion of Jaswant Singh is a decision solely taken by the party. It is because not too long ago, Sangh Parivar was trying to maintain distance from the so called "saffron party" because the Sangh Parivar feels that BJP is forgetting their basic ideology of hindutva and just utilizing it to gain power out of it . I think Jaswant Singh is being made a scapegoat out of this entire issue to avoid further backlash from the Sangh Parivar and nothing else.
© 2009 Zafarulla Khan
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