BJP's ideology has become narrow: Jaswant

JASWANT

Patna, Nov 2 (PTI) Ruling out the possibility of returning
to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or joining any other party,
expelled leader Jaswant Singh Monday said the ideology of the
saffron outfit has "become narrow".

"There is no point in returning to the party which
expelled me...BJP's ideology has become narrow... if the party
wants to rise and stand big, it will have to change its
attitude," Singh told reporters here.
"I do not not harbour any ambition or plan to join any
other political party," Singh, who was here to release the
Urdu translation of his book 'Jinnah, Partition and
Independence', said.
Justifying his comments on Jinnah, Singh said he would
not change his stand and would keep on trying to bridge the
gap between Hindus and Muslims.
On the reported pressure on him to step down as chairman
of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Lok Sabha (Lower
House of Indian Parliament), he said, "The post I occupy has
not not been bestowed upon me as dowry by BJP... a member of
the house is eligible to keep the post."
Jaswant also ruled out seeking elections afresh from
Darjeeling from where he was elected to the Lok Sabha on a BJP
ticket in May last, just three months before his expulsion
from the party.
However, he said he did not plan to quit electoral
politics and he was serving Darjeeling. PTI AJK
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