Unlike the Vajpayee years, the BJP now strikes up “unequal” alliances with smaller parties, generally catering to a caste group. Under Modi, it is no longer willing to be a junior partner.
Former Haryana Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi joined the BJP today along with his wife Renuka Bishnoi in Haryana in the presence of senior party leaders, including state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.