MP LS poll: Cong set to make gains after Assembly win

The absence of any discernible Narendra Modi wave and reversal of fortunes in the 2018 Assembly polls has put the BJP on the backfoot in Madhya Pradesh for the April-May Lok Sabha elections.

The party had won 27 out of 29 parliamentary seats in the state in 2014, with only current chief minister Kamal Nath and senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia managing to withstand the Modi wave in Chhindwara and Guna respectively.

The poll picture seems hazy as of now, though the Congress seems to have its nose ahead if the data of the last Assembly polls is any indication.

It is just a little over 100 days that the Kamal Nath government has been sworn in, so it is too early for it to start attracting anti-incumbency, party leaders said.

The Assembly poll win has also invigorated Congress workers and the momentum is likely to be carried forward to the Lok Sabha elections.

Secondly, the Congress is fancying its chances as it had polled more votes than the BJP in 12 Lok Sabha seats in ...