<p>BJP under Vajpayee & Advani understood that the only solution to stabilising Punjab, & to also make the BJP grow there, was to bring the Hindus and Sikhs together again.
However during the recent farmer protests Modi-Shah BJP has tended to patronise Punjab & Sikhs, instead of trying to understand their concerns. In this week’s National Interest Shekhar Gupta lifts the layers from BJP’s handling of Punjab.</p>

BJP under Vajpayee & Advani understood that the only solution to stabilising Punjab, & to also make the BJP grow there, was to bring the Hindus and Sikhs together again. However during the recent farmer protests Modi-Shah BJP has tended to patronise Punjab & Sikhs, instead of trying to understand their concerns. In this week’s National Interest Shekhar Gupta lifts the layers from BJP’s handling of Punjab.

<p>BJP under Vajpayee &amp; Advani understood that the only solution to stabilising Punjab, &amp; to also make the BJP grow there, was to bring the Hindus and Sikhs together again.
However during the recent farmer protests Modi-Shah BJP has tended to patronise Punjab &amp; Sikhs, instead of trying to understand their concerns. In this week’s National Interest Shekhar Gupta lifts the layers from BJP’s handling of Punjab.</p>

Shambles over farmers’ protest shows Modi-Shah BJP needs a Punjab tutorial

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