In an acknowledgment of the poor state of affairs in BJP, party mouthpiece "Kamal Sandesh" has said Lok Sabha and other poll defeats were caused due to infighting, lack of discipline and unity in the party.

"A feeling of hurt is pervading the mind of every BJP karyakarta (worker) for quite sometime. It is not for the first time that they have tasted defeat in elections but they were never so disheartened or morose. But today, every karyakarta is feeling depressed. He is perturbed," the mouthpiece says in its editorial of November 16 issue.

It draws a comparison between the 2004 Lok Sabha poll defeat and the one in 2009. "At that time also (2004), BJP failed to make a mark in the electoral battles in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh and Haryana," the editorial points out.

But the difference between the situation in 2004 and 2009 is "as much as between day and night", it adds.

Kamal Sandesh has also listed the defeats in assembly elections. "BJP cannot ignore the fact that it was not successful in the polls in Uttar Pradesh. Election results in Rajasthan and Delhi hurt the karyakartas," it states.

It makes a scathing comment on infighting in the party's Rajasthan unit.

"The situation as developed in Rajasthan later pinched the heart of common karyakarta in the country. Where will the party go without discipline and unity? Why did we lose Delhi, the heart of the country? Is the party leadership unaware of the reasons that led to its defeat in elections?" the Kamal Sandesh editorial states.