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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 30: The book on Jinnah, which had led to the expulsion of Jaswant Singh from the BJP in August last year, had been described by the party and the RSS as a compromise with the Sangh's so-called nationalist and pro-Hindutva ideology. It is significant to note that none of the top-ranking BJP leaders has elaborated on whether or not Jaswant Singh has changed his views on Jinnah and Sardar Patel. In fact, each one of them has refused to reflect on this issue. It is understandable.
On the contrary, Jaswant Singh has categorically stated that what he wrote was based on "historical facts" and that "he will not disown his book." "I am author of the book. How can I disown it? What I have written are historically established facts. But my expulsion is a closed chapter now," Jaswant Singh told Times Now within hours of his reentry into the BJP. Not just this, Jaswant Singh has also not withdrawn his remarks he had made both against the RSS and BJP leaders. Remember, his had been a very, very scathing attack on the RSS and the BJP leaders and his charge against them was that they first invited him to Shimla to take part in the party meeting and then booted him out of the party in an undignified manner. He was right. It is a fact that he was unceremoniously expelled from the party. But the RSS and the BJP are known for their methodology of use and throw.
It is significant to note that the BJP government in Gujarat had banned his book on the ground that his remarks against Sardar Patel had injured the feelings of the proud Gujaratis. It is also important to note that after his expulsion, the BJP had asked Jaswant Singh to step down from the chairmanship of Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee. He resisted, but finally stepped down from the office in December last year.
Who took the initiative to bring Jaswant Singh, who had earlier expressed the view that it was time for the BJP to "become party of the present and not prisoner of the past," back into the party fold? It was none other than L.K. Advani, who himself had described Jinnah as secularist of secularists - stand for which he had to pay a very heavy price. He had to step down from the position of president of the party. Such was the atmosphere in the BJP that time that no BJP leader would like to go near Advani fearing that any truck with Advani might anger the RSS top brass. Reflecting on the initiative taken by Advani, Jaswant Singh said, "The humiliation and hurt I encountered has been wiped out with the generosity of Lalji (Krishan Advani), who took the initiative to bring me back into the party. I don't want to live in past."
It bears recalling that Advani was not in agreement with his party colleagues in showing Jaswant Singh the door last year. Why not? After all, Advani himself is an admirer of Jinnah; Advani himself is a perverted "secularist" like Jinnah was. It was none other than Advani who had asked Jaswant Singh to accompany him on a "special plane" that took BJP leaders from Delhi to Jaipur to attend funeral of former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat last month. This was an indication that Jaswant Singh would be back in the party.
What did Advani and BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, an RSS appointee, said after readmitting Jaswant Singh to the party? Advani said, "I am very happy that Jaswant Singh, whom I had met as an RSS pracharak in Rajasthan decades ago, has rejoined the party. I am very happy. With happiness, there is also a sense of relief. I welcome him." As for uninspiring Gadkari, he said, "Past is past"; "Jaswant Singh will work to make the party's future bright"; "this was a day of great happiness for him and the party workers."
So the man is back with flying colours, with the RSS top brass having no guts to oppose the decision of L.K. Advani to re-induct Jaswant Singh into BJP. This is the victory of Advani and his perverted ideology. This is response to what the RSS did to him after he brought his book on Jinnah.
It would only appropriate to quote verbatim the operative part of Pankaj Vohra's article "Has the RSS changed tack on Jinnah?" (Hindustan Times, June 28, 2010" to further put things in perspective and expose the political bankruptcy both of the RSS and the BJP. It reads: "The RSS and its nominee Gadkari have come out very poorly in the whole affair. It is evident now that the RSS sarsanghchalak (Mohan Bhagwat) has no control left over the parivar but what is equally surprising is why various constituents like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad are taking things lying down. Has their belief in Hindutva been shaken beyond repair and have they reconciled to giving respectability to Jinnah, the man whom they accused of dividing the country. Or is it that Advani has conquered his detractors and both Mohan Bhagwat and Nitin Gadkari are now at his mercy. It may be good news for its adversaries, but if this has happened, the future of the RSS's ideology is dim." (Concluded)
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