What is Jaswant Singh?
[[File:Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg|235x235px|thumb|Jaswant Singh]] '''Jaswant Singh''' (3 January 1938 &ndash; 27 September 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a founding member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/special/jaswants-expulsion-is-the-bjps-gift-to-the-rss/20090820.htm|title=Jaswant's expulsion is the BJP's gift to the RSS|work=Rediff|access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref> He was one of India's longest serving parliamentarians, serving as a member of parliament between 1980 and 2014. He was the Minister of [[Finance Minister of India|Finance]], [[Minister for External Affairs|External Affairs]] and [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]]. He was also [[Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission]] (1998–99). After his party lost power in 2004, Jaswant Singh w as [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of Opposition]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 2004 to 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/S8lfqLdT14Myzs41RNAnnL/BJP-expels-Jaswant-Singh-over-Jinnah-book.html|title=BJP expels Jaswant Singh over Jinnah book - Livemint|website=www.livemint.com|access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref> He was the candidate for [[Vice President of India|Vice president]] in 2012. He lost the election to [[Hamid Ansari]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-16/india/32697388_1_nda-meeting-nda-candidate-hamid-ansari| title=Jaswant Singh to challenge Hamid Ansari test Vice-President's post| date=16 July 2012| access-date=2019-09-09| archive-date=2013-12-24| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224123953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-16/india/32697388_1_nda-meeting-nda-candidate-hamid-ansari| url-status=dead}}</ref> In the mid-2010s, Singh wrote a book praising [[Jinnah]]. As a result, he was expelled from the BJP on 29 March 2014 and was forced off any elections he was running in under the party.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/jaswant-singh-rules-out-withdrawal-from-barmer-lok-sa