<p>BJP leader Arun Jaitley admitted Monday that it was a "mistake" to have taken Pramod Muthalik, who led an attack on women in a Karnataka pub in 2009, into the party.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The comment came after widespread criticism of the decision forced the Bharatiya Janata Party to take a U-turn on Muthalik and show him the door five hours later Sunday.<br /><br />Muthalik, who heads a group called Sri Ram Sene, had justified the 2009 attack on women saying it was against "Indian culture" for women to drink liquor.<br /><br />Jaitley said: "What happened in Karnataka yesterday was highly avoidable."<br /><br />"The party, its workers and sympathisers must all remember that the things are going our way. We cannot afford to commit any mistakes. <br /><br />"Since the BJP and Narendra Modi occupy the centre stage, our mistake will be disproportionately highlighted," he said.<br /><br />The BJP leader added the mistake was "immediately corrected".<br /></p>
<p>BJP leader Arun Jaitley admitted Monday that it was a "mistake" to have taken Pramod Muthalik, who led an attack on women in a Karnataka pub in 2009, into the party.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The comment came after widespread criticism of the decision forced the Bharatiya Janata Party to take a U-turn on Muthalik and show him the door five hours later Sunday.<br /><br />Muthalik, who heads a group called Sri Ram Sene, had justified the 2009 attack on women saying it was against "Indian culture" for women to drink liquor.<br /><br />Jaitley said: "What happened in Karnataka yesterday was highly avoidable."<br /><br />"The party, its workers and sympathisers must all remember that the things are going our way. We cannot afford to commit any mistakes. <br /><br />"Since the BJP and Narendra Modi occupy the centre stage, our mistake will be disproportionately highlighted," he said.<br /><br />The BJP leader added the mistake was "immediately corrected".<br /></p>