Friday, August 21, 2009 GUJARAT: Residents of Moti Paneli, an obscure village in Gujarat’s Rajkot district, which is the ancestral place of Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah have sought apology from Jaswant Singh, the author of “Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence” for denigrating Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Though these villagers take pride in the fact that M.A. Jinnah belonged to their village and also married here, they find it intolerable to see Sardar Patel, who was also a Gujarati and remembered for his role in the unification of India, be denigrated by anyone. These people have demanded an apology from BJP’s ousted leader Jaswant Singh. “Whatever Jaswant Singh has written is false. The allegations made by him against Sardar Patel are untrue. Sardar Patel was a great man and did some great things for India. Though Jinnah was from our village Paneli and we are proud of it… He grew up here and went to school…but Jaswant should apologise for whatever he has written,” said Manubha...
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