Only when you are in public life do you get to wrestle with your soul, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Shourie, in the eye of a raging political storm for his criticism of the party and its leadership, said while quoting Mahatma Gandhi.

"Each new solution leads to a new conundrum. Only when you are in public life do you get an opportunity to wrestle with your soul," Shourie said Tuesday evening, quoting Mahatma Gandhi by whom he had been "deeply inspired".