The front-runners advantage always gets strengthened in the last lap. The party, its workers and sympathizers must all remember that the things are going our way. We cannot afford to commit any mistakes. Since the BJP and Narendra Modi occupy the centre stage, our mistake will be disproportionately highlighted.

What happened in Karnataka in last week was highly avoidable. It’s a tribute to the internal democracy within the BJP that most of our leaders and sympathizers spoke in one voice and the mistake was immediately corrected.

(Author is leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha) (Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author in this article are his own and do not reflect the views of Mediabharti.com- Editor)