New Delhi, Aug 22 - Jaswant Singh's book that got him expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now creating fissures in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), with many key allies opposing the idea of banning the book.

BJP-ruled Gujarat has already banned the book 'Jinnah - India, Partition, Independence', which says that Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been demonised in India and holds country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel also responsible for the partition.

The Gujarat government led by Narendra Modi banned the book for being critical of Patel's role during partition.

'I do not support the ban. Banning a book does not help,' Shiv Sena MP Bharat Kumar Raut told IANS.

Jaswant Singh, who has held defence, finance and external affairs portfolios in BJP-led governments, was expelled from the party Aug 19.

Raut said: 'If you want to contest the content of a book then it should be done either through writing or on various other forums.