Dehradun, Aug. 10 -- The BJP has not only mopped up MPs from parties suffering from identity crises and electoral defeats, it has also begun to rebuild on the ideological front. While its detractors are celebrating the emergence of the Cockroach Janta Party and the seeming disillusionment of Gen Z with the current establishment, the BJP is focusing on the electoral reality. And this will receive a major boost with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) very probably returning to the NDA fold. That is the message the high-profile meeting between PM Modi and Sukhbir Singh Badal communicates. Already, SAD has declared its support to the Delimitation and Women's Reservation Bills.

SAD had to break ranks with the NDA as Punjab politics required it to ba...