Dehradun, Aug. 7 -- The BJP has been facing a succession of embarrassments recently, with Prashant Kishore's bypoll victory in its stronghold of Bankipur, Bihar, being the latest. The success of the Cockroach Janta Party protest in obtaining the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, then Union Education Minister, has been another setback. At the same time, the resignations of star performers like K Annamalai and Shehzad Poonawala are also indicators of an internal unravelling. And, of course, the theft of donations, particularly from the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya, has provided major ammunition to the opposition. (The inability of opposition leaders to take proper advantage of the situation is another matter.)
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