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ISLAMABAD: India’s Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has reconciled with the reality that Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a great leader of this region. The BJP President, Nitin Gadkari, termed “closed” the issue of Jaswant Singh’s book praising the Quaid-i-Azam and said return of leaders like him would strengthen the party. “To add people to the party is going to strengthen it. It is a good thing for the party,” Gadkari said when asked about return of leaders like Jaswant Singh and Ram Jethmalani to the BJP.
On the former defence minister not apologising for writing the book praising Jinnah that had led to his expulsion 10 months ago, Gadkari said, “These are old issues. The issue is closed. Apart from the views, he is loyal to the party.”
“As a person, Jaswant Singh is a good man. He is a senior and experienced leader. At the time of foundation of the party, he was there. I respect him. Apart from his book, he is loyal to the party,” Gadkari said in an interview to Karan Thapar for CNN-IBN.
Gadkari maintained that in a democratic party, every leader has the right to have different opinions. “A big political party is a group of big political leaders. Everyone has some independent and different opinions. It never happens that 100 per cent opinions are same.”
http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29849
On the former defence minister not apologising for writing the book praising Jinnah that had led to his expulsion 10 months ago, Gadkari said, “These are old issues. The issue is closed. Apart from the views, he is loyal to the party.”
“As a person, Jaswant Singh is a good man. He is a senior and experienced leader. At the time of foundation of the party, he was there. I respect him. Apart from his book, he is loyal to the party,” Gadkari said in an interview to Karan Thapar for CNN-IBN.
Gadkari maintained that in a democratic party, every leader has the right to have different opinions. “A big political party is a group of big political leaders. Everyone has some independent and different opinions. It never happens that 100 per cent opinions are same.”
http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29849
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