Rustam
JAMMU, Oct 18: Will the Sonia Gandhi Congress repeat the 2009 performance in 2014? If one goes by the recent pre-poll survey conducted by the C-Voters for TIMES NOW and INDIA TV, then it can be said without any hesitation that the Congress is destined to be doomed. The survey said that the Congress would win 102 seats. In other words, the survey said that the Congress would lose as many as 104 seats. In 2009, the Congress had won 206 seats and its allies like the NCP, NC and the RLD about 50. The Congress-led UPA formed the Government with the outside support of the SP, BSP and the RJD.
The findings of the survey, which were made public on October 16, clearly said that the Congress would suffer massive defeats in the States like West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, Uttarakhand, HP, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, MP, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Kerala. The survey also said that Assam would be the only State where it would perform exceedingly well and it would also be in the reckoning in Odisha and Karnataka. As far as Jammu and Kashmir was concerned, the survey said that the UPA constituents in the State (Congress and NC) would win only three seats, as against their 2009 tally of five. In 2009, the Congress had won both the Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and the NC all the three seats in Kashmir.
In fact, the survey said that the people across the country have made up their mind to inflict a crushing defeat on the Congress and bring to power some other credible alternative. The survey said that the BJP-led NDA would win 186 seats if elections are held now. At the same time, the survey suggested that the NDA's position would further improve once the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate starts his election campaign, particularly in UP, Bihar, Odisha and Karnataka.
All in all, it can be said that the Congress has become unpopular over the period and the people want a change. In other words, the mood of the nation indicates that anti-incumbency factor will play a very important role in the upcoming general election. |
