Hitting out at the BJP for "perverting and destroying" vital principles of conduct in public life "under the pretence of party discipline," former BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed his displeasure at being expelled from the party he cofounded. "This election very sadly exemplifies how values are being perverted, indeed almost destroyed, under the false pretence of party discipline, commitment to individuals rather than issues and principles. I am saddened to find that the BJP of today is not the party that A.B. Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and Bhairon Singhji Shekhawat envisioned and aspired it to be.