I was amused to read about Amit Shah’s recent faux pas. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alter ego, the Bharatiya Janata Party president told an election rally that the Yeddyurappa government (2008-2011) was one of Karnataka’s most corrupt.

Shah’s tongue may have slipped, but will the BJP, raring to rewrite history, repeat it? The ruling party badly needs to establish a beachhead in southern India. It is willing to pay any price for power.