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Straying from the flock

The influx of rebels from other parties has bred disaffection within the state BJP ranks.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's ignoble defeat at the hands of a united opposition in the all-important Lok Sabha byelection in Kairana appears to have blown the lid on the hotpot of disaffection that is brewing within the saffron party.

When the debacle became obvious during the counting of votes on May 31, Bharatendu Singh, the party's MP from

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