Assembly polls: BJP wins 3, Congress 1
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday won big in the Hindi heartland, wresting Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the Congress while comprehensively beating anti-incumbency in Madhya Pradesh.
The Congress failed to retain its bastions in the three states. However, the grand old party achieved significant success in southern India, wresting Telangana from K Chandrashekar Rao’s Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
The victories in the three states have given a booster to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections which are scheduled to be held next year.
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram had gone to polls in what is being called as the semifinal before the 2024 battle, with the results in the north-eastern state to be declared on Monday.
The BJP says ‘Modi’s charisma’ helped it win Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Congress banked on Rahul Gandhi and state chief Revanth Reddy to win Telangana.