The former finance minister of Punjab, Manpreet Singh Badal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after resigning from Congress on Wednesday.
After being felicitated by Union minister Piyush Goyal at the BJP headquarters in Delhi, the newly inducted Manpreet spoke to The New Indian about the inaccessibility of the Gandhis, factionalism in Congress and how the BJP is no longer a junior player in Punjab.