Carry on Mr. Singh !

The expulsion of Jaswant Singh by the BJP is another eye opener of the intolerance of this centrist fundamental party, masquerading as a secularist organisation, but unable to disguise its real agenda. Unfortunately, all of us have drifted away from the real issue - the intolerance and the fascist agenda of the BJP, and are involved in a debate about the roles of Jinnah, the Sardar and Nehru, and independence. The debate is not of the Sardar, Jinnah or Nehru, who's roles are well known, documented and accepted by history - but that of a viewpoint articulated in a book. Such a book should have been treated as another treatise on the historical journey of a country, and sparked a spirited debate and discussion, not expulsion and proscription. The agenda of the obscurantist has clearly been achieved by the BJP playing, willy nilly their game.The freedom that we all so cherish, the freedom of expression, is sought to be muzzled by the BJP brass, thereby exposing its narrow sectarian mindset.

The patriotism of Jaswant Singh cannot be doubted, and the BJP attempting to discipline him like a 24 year young party worker shows the arbitrariness in this moribund organisation. If at all they wished to 'discipline' him, they should have issued a show cause notice, and held an inquiry, and then meted equitable punishment, if the need was felt. For me however, it’s simply a case of freedom of thought and expression, and no one can snatch that away, no expulsions, no proscriptions.

Carry on writing Mr. Singh, it’s the BJP's loss, not yours!