Ahead of the Bihar state assembly elections later this year, reports state that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is putting up an attempt to reign in party leaders who make controversial remarks on part of the saffron camp. On Saturday, BJP president JP Nadda summoned Union Minister and veteran party leader Giriraj Singh and cautioned him against making such remarks. Singh is often considered one of the BJP leaders who is a Hindutva hardliner and makes controversial statements that have even been described as "communal" in some reports. A few days back, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and the force behind the BJP's high-octane campaign in the Delhi assembly polls, attributed controversial remarks made by some party leaders in the run-up to the campaign as one of the reasons for the BJP's defeat. The sources in the BJP said now the party has set its eye on the Bihar Assembly polls, where it is in alliance with the JD(U) and wants to ensure their victory in the state.

Source: dna February 16, 2020 12:22 UTC