BJP's lessons from Sinha

More worrying than slowing GDP or GST glitches can be rising inflation or corruption charges

The decision of senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Yashwant Sinha, to attack the Narendra Modi government has understandably rattled its top leadership. However, Sinha’s criticism of the way the economy has been allowed to decline is perhaps the least of the problems facing the BJP leadership. It should be more worried for two other reasons.
 
One, Sinha has argued that he must speak up now because “a large number of people in the BJP and elsewhere are not speaking up” because they are afraid. Make no mistake about this. This is a serious charge and it