The Tarun Tejpal alleged rape incident and the subsequent media uproar has turned into a political battleground for parties to spar against each other, so much so that even Tejpal has referred to it in his bail petition as a BJP conspiracy to frame him. Meanwhile, the BJP has spared no chance of accusing Tejpal of being a Congress stooge.

However, this particular incident needs to be looked into as an issue of alleged criminality, and not as a political war between the two leading parties, months before the general election next year.