'We had made arrangements for Jaswant Singh's stay at the state guest house. At the last minute, we came to know that he had booked his room somewhere outside,' said a senior party leader.

Jaswant Singh will remain an MP from Darjeeling, a seat he won with the support of the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, which is spearheading a movement for a separate state in the hill districts of West Bengal.

The former union minister earned the ire of party leaders for his book 'Jinnah: India - Partition - Independence' that was released in New Delhi Monday. He said he had researched the book for five years and did not regret his decision to write it one bit.