In his book, Jaswant Singh maintained that Jinnah was 'demonised' for no reason and that it was Jawaharlal Nehru's 'highly centralised polity' that led to the Partition of India. Singh also blamed Sardar Patel, India's first home minister.

'Jinnah did not win Pakistan, as the Congress leaders Nehru and Patel finally conceded Pakistan to Jinnah, with the British acting as an ever helpful midwife,' Singh has said in an interview to a TV channel.

However, with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological fountainhead of the BJP, strongly disagreeing with Jaswant Singh's views, the party leadership had little option.

Speaking about the man to whom he has devoted a tome, Singh said he admired Jinnah's character.

'I admire certain aspects of his personality. His determination and the will to rise. He was a self-made man. Mahatma Gandhi was the son of a Diwan. All these (people), Nehru and others, were born to wealth and position. Jinnah created for himself a position. He carved in Bombay, a metropolitan city, a position for himself,' he said.