The government should have clarified that whether India supported such comments and whether India wanted to be a part of the new world order he was talking about.

The ASI too has given a go-by to its rules while handing over the monument for the function.

Such a statement should have been made only after discussions with the allies and partners. This is after all a coalition government being run with outside support.

I am no astrologer. If the government sincerely implements the CMP, there will be no problem. But if it tampers too much with it, the glue can become unstuck.