India, June 26 -- Facing criticism after two recent molestation incidents involving workers, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has instructed its office-bearers and supporters to respect women.

The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) slammed the BJP, accusing it of fostering arrogance among its ranks. Both the opposition parties condemned the behaviour of BJP workers. Even BJP leader and MLC Chitra Wagh demanded strict action against party member Pramod Kondhare.

Kondhare, a BJP leader from the Kasba Peth assembly constituency, was arrested by the police on Wednesday for allegedly misbehaving with a woman police officer during Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari's visit to the former's constituency on Mon...