Wadia says he did not finance book on Jinnah, his grandfather

New Delhi, Sept 7 (PTI) Industrialist Nusli Wadia,
grandson of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, on Monday dismissed a
suggestion that he had financed the book by Jaswant Singh to
glorify Pakistan's founder but said he was "appalled" by the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's expulsion from party.

"It is all nonsense. My grandfather is my grandfather,
it is not going to change. I don't need Jaswant Singh to write
a certificate for him," he told CNN-IBN.

On the debate over the book 'Jinnah-India, Partition,
Independence' involving some 'very close' friends of his,
Wadia said, "In the case of Jaswant Singh, I don't think
anybody has the right to say he doesn't have the right to
write a book."

To a question on the action taken by BJP against
Singh, he said, "I am surprised, yes. I am very surprised. I
am saddened and I am appalled."

Asked how he felt when he saw BJP leader L K Advani, a
friend of his for the last 30 to 40 years, in the current
situation, Wadia just said, "Sad, very sad." PTI SC
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