Former Minister; Now Persona Non Grata
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a right wing Hindu nationalist party in India, just cannot get over the fact that Jaswant Singh wrote a book praising Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a freedom fighter and first President of Pakistan.
It had to go and expel Singh from the BJP. Despite the fact that Singh has been a party stalwart for well over 30 years; he is a founding member; he has served as a cabinet minister in all BJP central governments till date.
This is the kind of democracy we have in India. Praise somebody, criticize your party, write a book and you’re on your way out.
