New Delhi, August 21: Jaswant Singh expulsion from BJP has may further embarassment for the party as Speaker Meira Kumar had just appointed Singh as chairman of the prestigious Public Accounts Committee of the Lok Sabha.
Saffron BJP finds in fix it cannot withdraw Singh’s name, announcement of Jaswant Singh as chairman of the PAC is already posted on the Lok Sabha website.
The chairmanship of the PAC is a prestigious one. As chairman of the PAC, Singh’s presence will be a source of constant embarassment for the BJP, particularly when the committee submits its annual report. BJP leaders Yashwant Sinha Gopinath Munde and Shanta Kumar, also serve on this committee, will have to report to Jaswant Singh.
Arun Jaitley, in Shimla, attacked Mr. Singh for writing and expounding views on Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Iron Man Patel that went against the party’s “core beliefs,thrashing his former party’s argument that he had violated its “core” ideology by criticising Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, reminding it that it was Patel who first banned the RSS in the aftermath of the Mahatma’s assassination.
–Agencies–