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Winning 163 seats, the BJP got two-third majority in the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly, while the Congress bagged 66 seats.
When Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, in his first reaction after the rout, said the party will prepare fully for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections along with the INDIA parties, a sense of guilt was evident in the veteran’s statement.
The AICC chief thanked the people of Telangana, where the party is on course to dislodge the BRS from power and form the government.
The state electorate voted for 2,533 candidates in 230 constituencies.
Cong, which is in power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and the BJP, which is ruling MP, are locked in a straight fight in these three states, while the BRS is hoping for a hat-trick in Telangana.
The grand old party is betting big on one of its star campaigners Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to rope in voters.
A blow to the BJP's political fortune in MP, like in Karnataka, will dent its image of invincibility, something it would like to avoid at all costs.
With elections barely two weeks away, both parties are still working hard to persuade dissenters to withdraw from the race.
State Home Minister Narottam Mishra will fight from the Datia seat, according to the list of the candidates released by the BJP.
The TRS stormed back to power in Telangana and the MNF dislodged the Congress in Mizoram.
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