BJP in a double bind over striking a balance between Sushant, Kangana

Maharashtra BJP, including Fadnavis, in a quandary over striking a balance between regional sentiment and electoral needs in Bihar, writes Radhika Ramaseshan

Homicide or suicide? It seems the original objective of the inquiry into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s sudden death was obscured by events unrelated to the tragedy. The side stories ranged from a relationship gone awry to Bollywood’s female actors doing drugs, shady substance vendors, and tongue lashings and moral lessons imparted by the film industry's self-assumed sentinels of uprightness. 
 
The plot and sub-plots dragged Maharashtra’s politicians in the hoop, but not inadvertently because it was apparent that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wanted to rack up political points over the Shiv Sena, its principal opponent, and use the Rajput