No change in stand of party on Jinnah: BJP

New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) India's main opposition party
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday said it has not changed
its stand on Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah and
continues to reject his two-nation theory.

"There is no news of change in BJP's resolution
adopted on June 10, 2005," party spokesman Prakash Javadekar
told reporters here.

He was asked whether he thought Jinnah was in favour
of Hindu-Muslim unity against the backdrop of BJP leader
Jaswant Singh's forthcoming book -- "Jinnah: India-Partition-
Independence" reportedly holding Congress and Jawaharlal Nehru
more responsible for the Partition.

When Javadekar was asked about the contents of the
book relating to Jinnah, he said he has so far not read it.

The BJP resolution on Jinnah was adopted in 2005
against the backdrop of L K Advani's visit to Pakistan and his
comments appreciating the founder of Pakistan which triggered
a controversy.

The resolution said: "BJP reiterates that whatever may
have been Jinnah's vision of Pakistan, the state that he
founded is theocratic and non-secular; the very idea of Hindus
and Muslims being two separate nations is repugnant to the
BJP."

According to the resolution, the BJP has "always
condemned the division of India on communal lines and
continues to steadfastly reject the two-nation theory
championed by Jinnah and endorsed by the British colonists..."
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