Election to Five States- Why Congress Got Decimated in the Three States
Congress’ loss in three Indian states- Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
On the third of December in the morning, everyone thought that Congress was going well in all the states as per both opinion and exit polls. Later, it turned out to be the worst day the Congress party could have ever dreamt of. From winning one more state, it lost its sure-shot bet which is Chhattisgarh.
It couldn’t also pick up Madhya Pradesh which it won in 2018 but BJP was ruling the same state for more than 18 years. Besides winning Telangana, Congress has nothing to cheer in an election where the party even saw many of its senior leaders underperforming.
Overconfidence
When Opinion polls came out one month back, all polls predicted an edge to Congress in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh while a neck-on-neck in Rajasthan. Congress was confident enough that it could pull off a victory without much effort and that it could also retain Rajasthan breaking the curse.
Congress waited for the miracle to happen and for the people to vote out the BJP government in MP and not work for the same. The same issue happened in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan where Congress thought that its policies…
