After shifting from SAD to his own outfit, then Congress, and now firmly placing his political future with the BJP, Manpreet Singh Badal has made it clear that he sees his long-term space in the party. Despite recent electoral setbacks in Bathinda Urban and the Gidderbaha bypoll, he continues to stay active in his traditional strongholds and speaks of the BJP as the only platform for leaders with a “national vision”. But in a state where the BJP is still expanding its base and internal space is limited, the key question is whether the party sees him as a long-term state assetmor just one among many leaders trying to find footing in a growing but crowded political camp ?

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