Jaswant Singh expelled...?!

Today Morning a copy of the Hindu reported that Senior BJP leaders were considereing a 3 day "chintan baithak" at Shimla to discuss the issues raised in the book 'Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence', as they raised a question on the party's belief on partition..

And by afternoon a news search on the internet told me that Shri. Jaswant Sinha had been expelled.

for reference:

Link 1: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/party-ends-for-jinnah-fan-jaswant-expelled-from-bjp/99502-37.html

Link 2: http://www.indianexpress.com/comments/Jaswant%20Singh%20expelled%20from%20BJP/503897/3

Link 3: http://www.zeenews.com/news556484.html

So much for freedom of expression.. someone who's been in the party for so long and that too in a respectable position is thrown out for doing a little research and expressing his views.. I don't see why his being in the party should make him any less qualified to write and publish a book that contains his opinion about a particular event in history. Bad enough we have such restricting ideologies that don't let us see beyond something we've been taught in schools, and worse to see that a person isn't allowed to act a little scholarly and think different. So when a leader like Jaswant Ji went on with this he was stripped of all his posts in the party and they cancelled his participation from any forums of the party.. way to go!

Image source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/BJP-expels-Jaswant-Singh-over-Jinnah-remarks/articleshow/4910077.cms