Vasundhara, Rajnath have betrayed me: Jaswant takes on BJP

After the BJP told him he cannot run as its candidate from Barmer in Rajasthan, Jaswant Singh has decided to go solo. He filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate this afternoon. “I will not say goodbye till the party says goodbye,” he said later, putting the ball on a possible expulsion firmly in the BJP’s court. On other fronts, he was less diplomatic. “NaMo NaMo ka jo tamasha hai (this circus around NaMo) and the way decisions are being taken nowadays reminds me of 1975 – the tradition of being inclusive has reduced, arrogance has increased,” he said, denouncing the party’s focus on its prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi.

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