BJP leaders need to watch their words, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is watching. The growing habit among ruling party leaders to speak out of turn, sometimes even creating a controversy, has not gone down well with Modi. You need lessons on keeping quiet,” a senior party functionary quoted Modi as saying during his concluding remarks at the BJP’s national executive meeting here. “There is no need to speak every time someone puts a TV mike before you,” Modi was quoted as saying. Modi’s repeated advice, though, has not cut much ice with several BJP leaders who put the party and the government in a tight spot with their off-the-cuff remarks.

Source: Hindustan Times April 16, 2017 15:33 UTC