When an organisation deviates from its values, faith of those associated with its ideology is shattered: Kaushal Kishore

Senior BJP leader Kaushal Kishore suggested that organizations lose their way when they deviate from their core values, leading to a decline in public faith. Opposition leaders interpreted his comments as a critique of the current government's performance and a prediction of electoral defeat.
Why it matters
The statement highlights internal friction within the ruling party and provides fodder for political opposition ahead of state assembly elections.
Former Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kaushal Kishore on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) made a cryptic statement that when an organisation or movement deviates from its values, it eventually returns to where it started, and the faith of those associated with its ideology is shattered.
“When any organisation or movement deviates from its values, it ends up back where it started, and the faith of those associated with its ideology is also shattered. Therefore, one should not deviate from its values,” Mr. Kishore, a former Union Minister of State, said in a post on X.
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