Prime Minister Narendra Modi met BJP chief ministers individually at a dinner at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi hosted by BJP Chief Amit Shah. Modi's focus was to direct ministers not to speak out of turn and avoid personal conversations over the phone. The PM issued the following warnings:
1. Beware, your enemies are bound to trap you in sex scandals and bribery scandals.
2. You are now in the peak of your glory, so ensure that you protect and safeguard the interest of the state, your party and yourself.
3. Beware of phone tapping by adversaries.
These dictats are hardly new to chief ministers, but this time the warnings came from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a person they hold in high esteem.
You may recall that the PM offered similar advise to the Union Council of Ministers in 2014 and with the party at its peak performance, the PM makes sure he repeats the advise at every personal meeting.