Ever since it miserably lost the assembly election in Bihar, discontent within the BJP is increasing with every passing day.

It’s not only the four senior-most ‘margdarshaks’ - LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Yashwant Sinha and Shanta Kumar - who have challenged the party leadership. There are at least seven NDA MPs, of the 31 from Bihar, who have squarely blamed the Modi-Shah duo for the total rout. Some publicly, some in private.

“Lahlahati fasal par oole aur burf phek diye inn logon ne,” remarked senior BJP MP Bhola Singh, while alluding to how some top party leaders literally poured cold water on its victory plans.

“The PM’s amaryadit bhasa (foul language), Mohan Bhagat’s assertion on aarakshan (reservation) and Amit Shah’s ‘CPM’ factor led us to the poll debacle,” said Bhola, who has served as a six-term legislator and a two-term parliamentarian.