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BJP defends Advani on Kandahar
NDTV Correspondent, Friday August 28, 2009, New Delhi

BJP has come to the rescue of its senior leader LK Advani on Kandahar issue. Defending Advani the party spokesperson said the government had acted on the Kandahar issue by taking everyone into confidence.

The party said that there is no point in accusing anyone on the Kandahar issue now. It also rejected all allegations against L K Advani.

"The party rejects charges that Advani knew about Jaswant's trip to Kandahar," said Prakash Javdekar, BJP spokesperson.

The party descended into crisis after senior leader Jaswant Singh was expelled from the party for writing a book on Pakistan founder Mohd Ali Jinnah. After his expulsion Jaswant opened a can of worms when he accused Advani of not coming clean on Kandahar.

In fact, Jaswant was the foreign minister when Kandahar incident happened and he accompanied three terrorists to Afghanistan to be finally swapped with hijacked Indian passengers.

Watch: Did Advani know about Kandahar?

Advani had earlier told NDTV that he was unaware about the decision to send Jaswant to Kandahar.

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Posted by balraj sagar on Aug 28, 2009
BJP in-fighting must be confined to the party itself. The news of bickerings going to the public do not cast a good reflection about its leadership. It is established that Advani lied about his knowledge about the Kandhar issue. When it was a joint decision as spelled out by Brijesh Mishra, there is no point blaming for it Jaswant Singh who was just a carrier of the decision. The whole episode reflects only the power struggle going on in the party that is bound to tarnish its image. Let the leaders show maturity. I think, even Jaswant Singh should be brought back honourably. After all, he is man of high stature, very capable and an hoest and sincere leader. as regards his book, let the Congress leaders come forward to contradict his writing, why BJP is taking the issue at its own level? Or, let anyone who is hurt come out with facts contradicting his version.
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