Hyderabad, Sept. 28 -- The BJP is slowly reconciled to live without its major allies now that its oldest friend, the Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) has quit the NDA alliance.

The BJP and the SAD have been partners even in the Jan Sangh days. With a brute majority in the Lok Sabha, the BJP's attitude has changed to 'go if you want to leave." That is why there are no efforts to mollify the miffed allies as it was done during the Vajpayee era. There was a time in the eighties when it was difficult for the BJP to get allies but today Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a strong position.

The BJP had five major allies till two years ago. They were the Telugu Desam, Shiv Sena, Akali Dal and JD (U) and the PDP. With the Bihar elections round the corn...