The 17th Lok Sabha election is expected in April or May of 2019. It is time to start taking a look at all that is happening and expected to happen around this mega event... funny and interestingly otherwise. In fact a "mini mega" election is going on right now in the country(When is it not?). These are the assembly polls to Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telengana. These states are voting on Nov. 12, 20, 28 and Dec. 7. Despite the polls being the last ones scheduled before the Lok Sabha elections next year, the temperature of the campaign has been strangely muted. Other than a few sparks here and there, the interest in these elections has been less than normal for India. Maybe there is a sense of fatigue in the people to political news or is it that not many expect much to change anyway. Whatever it is, the major theme for 2019 elections is expected to be whether Modi can deliver a second innings for the BJP and NDA. Right now pollsters and punters alike are expecting an encore from Modi albeit on a sticky wicket of mixed performance. However, it is too early to predict anything as a floundering and divided opposition is still picking up its sticks. It seems like a good time to revive this blog which has been in hibernation for a long time.
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