Key NDA allies not in favour of banning Jaswant’s book

September 18th, 2009 LAHORE - Three people have been arrested for selling pirated editions of former Indian minister Jaswant Singh's book "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" in this Pakistani city, authorities said. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided two shops in Defence Housing Authority and arrested three people for selling the pirated editions of Jaswant Singh's book, Daily Times reported Friday.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Thursday said the decision to expel Jaswant Singh was wrong. "The way Jaswant Singh has been treated, I do not approve of it," Shekhawat said.

August 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday that he was yet to read expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh's latest book - Jinnah -India, Partition, Independence. Bhagwat's comment came hours after Singh filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat Government's decision to ban his book.

August 21st, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - The Congress party in Gujarat Friday said it plans a campaign against expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh and his views on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's alleged role in India's partition in his controversial book "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence". The Gujarat Congress plans a series of awareness campaigns against the former external affairs minister for what it called doubting the patriotism of Patel, a great freedom movement leader, a Gujarat Congress statement said here Friday.

August 20th, 2009 SHIMLA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday said the decision to expel senior leader Jaswant Singh was taken by the parliamentary board in view of the contents of his book which were contrary to the core ideology and beliefs of the party. "The issue is not your right to author a book, the issue is the content of the book.

August 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh on Thursday ruled out walking away from active politics, saying he will continue to remain in public life. He also said that he would continue with his literary and creative pursuits while being in politics.

August 20th, 2009 SHIMLA - A day after being expelled from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jaswant Singh expressed shock at the Gujarat Government banning his book on Mohammed Ali Jinnah and likened this to the ban on "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. Just before he left for New Delhi, Jaswant Singh expressed surprise over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's decision to ban his book in the state.

August 19th, 2009 New Delhi, Aug.19 (ANI): Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)on Wednesday welcomed the expulsion of senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh for eulogising Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his book, saying it would send the right signals to the BJP's legislators and functionaries. "We take this judgement as a positive sign.

August 19th, 2009 SHIMLA - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Jaswant Singh's expulsion from the party has to do with more than just his controversial book on the subcontinent's partition, a senior BJP national leader said Wednesday night. "The writing of the book was not the only, but one of the several reasons, for his expulsion by the party," the party leader told IANS here on condition of anonymity.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Activists of the Rashtrawadi Sena Party on Wednesday staged demonstration against former senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jaswant Singh showering encomium on founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in his book. Led by its head and founder, Jai Bhagwan Goyal, the activists held demonstration amidst sloganeering here.

August 19th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat government late Wednesday decided to ban expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh's controversial book on partition for his criticism of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. "Making any references to his (Patel's) role during those critical times without any evidence is an insult to the people of Gujarat, which we will not take lying down," state government spokesman and Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas told the NDTV news channel.

August 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh's controversial book on Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah was consigned to flames by Uttar Pradesh Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Pramod Tiwari here Tuesday afternoon. A large number of Congressmen cheered him as he made a bonfire of the book, "Jinnah - India, Partition, Independence", which has already sparked off a debate in the corridors of power in New Delhi.

June 17th, 2009 NY judge weighs JD Salinger disputeNEW YORK — A federal judge said Wednesday she found substantial similarities between J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye" and a new book by a Swedish author and questioned whether it should be published in the United States.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Confident that the Congress would emerge the single largest party after the elections, general secretary Digvijay Singh said Wednesday that there was no question of talking about fresh allies till May 16. The Congress leader said his party considered only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena as communal parties.

February 10th, 2009 HELSINKI - A court has fined an ex-girlfriend of Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen for writing an explicit book on their relationship. The Helsinki Appeals Court Tuesday ruled that Susan Ruusunen violated his right to privacy by publishing the book.