Leadership begins at home

I think its about time the BJP leadership decided to call it a day. Too bad for L K Advani if it means that he can never become PM. Yesterday, Arun Shourie launched a philippic (not unlike Demosthenes) against the BJP top brass, to which the BJP has sought a clarification (it is a clarification, they clarified later to the press, not a show-cause notice). I'm surprised they didn't sack him over a phone call. Then today we see more anger and defiance - this time from Vasundhara Raje. Soon there'll be others ...

So much for the strong leadership they boasted about during their election campaign, while deriding Manmohan Singh as a weakling. How could they aspire to lead a nation when the stewardship of their own party is such a challenge? They should quit now, bring this to an end quickly and let the rebuilding begin, so that there is a robust Opposition Party in place soon enough. That would be the best way in which they could serve the nation at this point.

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