Jaswant Singh said there was something really wrong in limitedness of thinking as there is a cultivation of mindset in which M A Jinnah is demonised,an obvious reference to his expulsion from BJP for writing a book on the Muslim leader. Giving the example of America,he said,"There are 50 to 70 books written about American Civil War today. If you write one book about Jinnah,you are expelled from the party. There must be something really wrong to the limitedness of our thinking,cultivation of a mindset,in which he (Jinnah) is now demonised." Pointing out that the Partition is "an important part of our history",Singh,who was speaking at a seminar organized by Federation of Indian Publishers against the ban of his book 'Jinnah: India,Partition,Independence' stressed on having better relationships among India,Pakistan and Bangladesh to resolve issues afflicting South Asia. He also said the Partition was also a matter close to Indian Muslims. "What has the Partition done to the psyche of Muslims who did not want partition,who could not go to Pakistan,who did not want to go to Pakistan? Now,if we even justified valid demand,whether we say it or not,a kind of murmurings is "abhi bhi kuch chaiye,Pakistan mil gaya na'," he said adding people need to get out of this psyche. Speaking at the seminar Salman Khurshid,Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Minority Affairs,said banning Singh's book was wrong.
