New Delhi, August 18: BJP today dissociated itself from the book written by its senior leader Jaswant Singh praising Mohammad Ali Jinnah, saying the “painful” part of history cannot be wished away for which the Pakistan founder was responsible.
“Views expressed by Jaswant Singh in his book ‘Jinnah — India, Partition, Independence’ does not represent views of the party. In fact, the party completely dissociates itself from the contents of the book,” party chief Rajnath Singh told reporters here.
In his book, Jaswant Singh has held Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for the partition of India and Jinnah has been “demonised” in India.
Rajnath Singh underlined that Jinnah had played an important role in “division of India which led to a lot of dislocation and destabilisation of millions of people”.
“It is too well known we cannot wish away this painful part of our history,” he said.
–PTI