Reflecting a change in the BJP's attitude, top party leader LK Advani was on August 26 present at a function where Jaswant Singh released the paper-back edition of his controversial book on Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
The occasion was the 75th anniversary celebrations of the publication group Rupa in New Delhi where the paperback edition of Advani's autobiography My Country, My Life was also released.
Two days after his controversial book Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence was launched in the capital, Singh was expelled from the BJP for his views on the Pakistan founder.
No senior BJP leaders had at that time attended the function. Advani was in Chandigarh while leaders who were in Delhi were conspicuous by their absence while George Fernandez was prominent among those present.
Advani too had to step down as BJP chief in the wake of his remarks praising Jinnah during a tour of Pakistan.
After his expulsion and party-ruled Gujarat banning his book which praised Jinnah, Jaswant had termed the BJP as a "narrow-minded" party with "limited thought".
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