All the "liberals" are shedding crocodile tears at the exit of Mr.Jaswanth Singh. All the leftists and the Congress folks are chorussing in sympathetic vibrations at the end of Mr. Singh's BJP shelf life. They are blaming the 'dictatorial' nature of the BJP for his removal. My ears are strained hearing the eulogies for the departed Jaswanth and the vilification of the prime villains - the BJP.
A party cannot encourage dissidence whatever form it takes. A party can live with criticism of it's current leaders, maybe criticism of some policies, but no way a party can allow criticism of it's core ideology. Jaswanth Singh in his praise of Jinnah and blaming of Sardar Patel did exactly that - hit at the very foundations of the BJP's ideology. There is enough that can be said to prove that Jinnah is just an opportunist who saw the perfect time and perfect climate to grab power and make himself the leader of a new nation. He did it with perfection. Morally he had no right whatsoever to represent Muslims, since he was anything but a muslim - he was a pork eating, cigar smoking, liquor consuming materialist. So portraying Jinnah as a great man when it is not needed is something any nationalistic party cannot tolerate. Plus add to this the criticism of Patel and questioning of his credentials as a patriot. Mr. Jaswanth singh wrote his book based on his own personal biases. It is a known thing that he is a friend of Jinnah's grandson and he has many connections with Pakistan. But he has every right to publish his book and no govt has a right to ban it since we live in a democracy. But, a party has every right to expel him and rightly so.
When a defeated man falls, the vultures trample upon his head to deliver the final killing. BJP shares a similar fate - it's defeat at the national elections (nothing to do with it's ideology) plus the recent controversies are seen as opportunities for the leftists and "liberals" to extract their share of fresh meat. I wish Jaswanth Singh the best to prosper as an author, but i am definitely sure that the BJP will come out of it triumphantly.
