Delhi: The upcoming assembly election in Madhya Pradesh is a matter of life and death for both the BJP and the Congress, as it follows a dramatic political upheaval in 2018, when the Congress snatched the power from the BJP with 114 seats, only to lose it in 2020 due to the desertion of Jyotiraditya Scindia and his supporters to the BJP. The BJP then regained the power with Shivraj Singh Chauhan as the Chief Minister, who is now facing a stiff competition from his predecessor Kamal Nath, who is spearheading the Congress campaign. Interestingly, the BJP has not announced its chief ministerial face yet, hinting at a possible discord within the party
Jyotiraditya Scindia, in an exclusive interview with Zee Media, said that BJP is going to form the government in Madhya Pradesh with full majority. "Every election is a tough test. No election is without struggle, it is full of struggle. I fight every election with a struggle-oriented approach. We are all united with one ideology and fighting the election. I have full confidence that based on our track record, our work, we will get the blessings of the people. Our government will be formed with a full majority. Don’t go by the opinion polls," Scindia said in an interview with Zee News.
Rejecting the prediction of opinion polls on Congress winning the MP polls, Scindia said "Which opinion poll was there that said that Congress was going to form the government again in 2009. In 2019, no opinion poll said that instead of 250 seats, 303 seats came. I make my own opinion poll by looking at the pulse of the people, their eyes and touching the soi