Hey bhakts, leave JNU kids alone

Also read: BJP made ABVP look foolish in JNU fiasco

Have the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its affiliate, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), committed tactical blunder by escalating a small campus issue in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) into a national dispute which now has the potential to become another bone of contention between the ruling party and a combined opposition in the forthcoming Budget session of Parliament?

Playing victim in politics is an essential strategy for growth. Everyone in the BJP reached their positions by projecting herself or himself as a targeted party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constant pillorying by adversaries enabled supporters to project him as the "most vilified" political leader in India.

The sympathy generated in the wake of such presentation contributed significantly to Modi's success in leading the BJP to its spectacular performance in the Lok Sabha elections in 2014. The shoe is now on the other foot and the ruling establishment is seeing anti-national activity in every form of protest. Bharat Mata, instead of being the strong and robust nation that it should be, is constantly being painted as a touch-me-not. Read more.