Islamabad, August 20: Seeking to give Muhammed Ali Jinnah a clean chit for country’s partition might have caused his expulsion from BJP, but former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh’s book has earned him supporters across the border.
Jaswant’s book and particularly remarks on Pakistan’s founder Jinnah has become a subject of animated debate in the country with the newspapers and electronic media giving extensive coverage to the event including his expulsion from the BJP.
‘Lets agree on Jinnah’s role’ said an editorial in ‘The Daily Times’. The paper said Jaswant Singh’s book “Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence” had given India a positive portrait of Pakistan’s founder.
The book may lead to a revision of highly demonised Muslim leader in India, the editorial said. “Given the fact of Singh’s BJP affiliation, the book is being treated as an extraordinary event in India. Because of his rightwing credentials, no one in India can doubt his patriotism. That is why the book is going to be an important Indian revision of a highly demonised Muslim leader”.
‘A new look at Jinnah’ said an editorial in ‘The News Daily’. The paper said, “Jinnah has re-emerged in a new light” in Singh’s book.
—Agencies