Jaswant Singh blames Nehru, Patel for partition on Pak television

Jaswant Singh blames to Nehru and patel:
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has once again invited and controversy by blaming on India's first Prime Minister Dr.Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru for the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. Jaswant Singh, a senior leader in the Bharatiya Janata Party, the main opposition party, has been expelled after writing a book praising Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of the country's rival neighbour Pakistan. Mr Jinnah as a great man who has been misunderstood in India. The partition that separated Pakistan from India in 1947 remains a controversial issue in the region.
Today an interview with the Dawn News, Singh blamed Pandit Nehru and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel for the partition and creation of Pakistan. Ms. Singh's glowing assessment of Mr Jinnah, who is blamed by many Indians for unnecessarily dividing the subcontinent into nations based on religion, was unacceptable to many BJP leaders. Ms Singh said it was nothing short of double standard as Nehru himself talked of secularism while contributing to the country's division along with Sardar Patel on grounds of so called to the faith.
Ms Singh claimed that later Nehru had himself admitted of being responsible for the partition. It is worth mentioning here that Jaswant Singh's book Jinnah India-Partition-Independence' which saw him being expelled from the BJP after serving it for nearly 30 years has received an overwhelming response in Pakistan. A party spokesman said Mr Singh had been expelled because his book went against its all Indian party.BJP members were also angered by the book's criticism of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India's first home minister and a leading figure in the struggle to win independence from colonial rule.

The book quotes Singh as saying that Jinnah did not win Pakistan, rather Nehru and Patel conceded Pakistan to Jinnah with the help of the British. Meanwhile, authorities have denied permission to Singh to visit Pakistan to launch his book. However, Singh's son Manvendra Singh said his father has not applied for a visa, and as far as he knew. Mr Advani, was almost destroyed when he made favourable comments about Pakistan's first national leader in 2005. He also rejected reports that there was a different to the Pakistan edition of the book.