What Modi and his ministers must learn from Vajpayee

Think about how he would have handled Hyderabad, and JNU. He would have been very cross if he found two of his Cabinet ministers weighing in on the side of the ABVP.'
'And if Rohith Vemula still killed himself, he would have been the first to speak out in anguish and empathy rather than deny he was a Dalit.'
'And JNU, he would have simply said something like, 'let the boys speak, then they will grow up and join the IAS.'

'A good idea, when in crisis, is to apply the 'Vajpayee test' to your actions,' says Shekhar Gupta.