Dehradun, Jan. 6 -- The foot-in-the-mouth lapses by senior BJP leaders who comprise the second and third rank in the party's hierarchy are becoming too frequent to ignore. Not only are these proving an embarrassment, but also are quite unnecessary. Be it the arrogance displayed by senior Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya regarding the water pollution deaths in Indore, or the Uttarakhand Minister Rekha Arya's husband speaking derogatively about women from Bihar, they are letting down the party in its campaign to find firmer roots, particularly in the South.
Also, the sophisticated response required in matters such as the allegations regarding Ankita Bhandari's death, or that of Angel Chakma, has not been witnessed. Instead, there...