Senior Indian politician expelled
India's Hindu nationalist BJP expels a senior leader, Jaswant Singh, after he praises Pakistani founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
A senior leader of India's Hindu nationalist main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been expelled from the party.
Jaswant Singh's expulsion was announced by the party during a meeting.
This comes a day after the BJP "dissociated" itself from a new book on Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah, written by Mr Singh.
Mr Singh had praised Mr Jinnah in the book and said the latter has been "demonised in India".
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