Gujarat CM Modi played a crucial role in Jashwant's expulsion?

Guajrat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is believed to have played a crucial role in ensuring the expulsion of Senior BJP leader Jashwant Singh. Mr Modi who is known for his political acumen is believed to have taken a stand that if no action is taken against Jashwant Singh, the Congress will benefit heavily in the coming days trying to portray the BJP on the whole as anti Sardar Patel.
According to sources present at the Chintan baithak, . On Wednesday morning, as the leaders congregated at the introspection meet in Shimla, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi forced the discussion and made it clear that criticising Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and praising Jinnah would become a major problem for the BJP in not only Gujarat but other States as well. . Mr Modi, who insisted on strong action against Mr Jaswant Singh, also claimed that the Congress would derive great political mileage from Mr Jaswant Singh holding Sardar Patel as among those responsible for Partition. RSS joint general secretary Suresh Soni was also present during the discussion and the decision to expel Mr Jaswant Singh from the BJP was taken, sources claimed.

Even as Jashwant Singh controversy is haunting the BJP, another senior BJP leader has come out in the open.
, former Union minister Arun Shourie, has targeted Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani, who, too, had once hailed Jinnah and then had gone on to become the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate. "Advaniji se poochha jai ki ab unka kya stand hai Jinnah ko lekar (Now Advani should be asked what his stand is on Jinnah)," Mr Shourie has sasid.
Sources disclosed that the major opposition to Jaswant Singh has been One school of thought in the party described it as a "conspiracy" to deflect attention from the issues to be raised at the Chintan Baithak, which include Mr Advani’s reluctance to quit, the role of the leaders, fixing responsibility for the election rout and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that the top leadership of the party should be made up of the younger generation. It was learnt that the Advani camp had swung into action to block any discussion on the issue at the introspection meet immediately after Mr Bhagwat spoke his mind.
While BJP spokespersons were finding it hard to defend Mr Advani’s remarks on Jinnah, others also asked why the party did not act against Mr Shourie, who openly criticised the BJP in a recent "series of articles in an English daily".