Dehradun, March 11 -- India's political scenario is hitting increasingly choppy waters as the General Elections approach. Parties are being jolted by high profile defections, mostly to the BJP. But the BJP is also not immune and is seeing senior leaders cross over, mostly those who are unlikely to get the party ticket. This is a blurring of political lines at a time when all parties need to project ideological clarity so that voters do not get confused.

In Uttarakhand, Manish Khanduri's jump into the BJP fold has sent shock waves through an already demoralised state Congress. He was being considered the possible candidate from the Pauri constituency. Did he spurn that because the BJP offered the ticket, instead, and along with it the bette...