New Delhi: Industrialist Nusli Wadia,
grandson of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, today dismissed a suggestion
that he had financed the book by Jaswant Singh to glorify
Pakistan's founder but said he was "appalled" by the BJP
leader's expulsion from the party.
"It is all nonsense. My grandfather is my grandfather,
it is not going to change. I don't need Jaswant Singh to write
a certificate for him," he told a private news channel.
On the debate over the book 'Jinnah-India, Partition,
Independence' involving some 'very close' friends of his,
Wadia said, "In the case of Jaswant Singh, I don't think
anybody has the right to say he doesn't have the right to
write a book."
To a question on the action taken by BJP against
Singh, he said, "I am surprised, yes. I am very surprised. I
am saddened and I am appalled."
Asked how he felt when he saw BJP leader L K Advani, a
friend of his for the last 30 to 40 years, in the current
situation, Wadia just said, "Sad, very sad."
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, September 07, 2009, 13:33