NO CAKE-WALK - BJP HAS ITS TASK CUT OUT FOR 2019.
NO CAKE-WALK - BJP HAS ITS TASK CUT OUT FOR 2019. 2018 is going to be the big year in this term of the NDA govt. The year will be largely dominated by assembly elections. There are 8 states that go to polls this year and most of them are major ones. This is the year when 8 states – Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh shall be going to polls. These polls in fact would be a pre-cursor to the big 2019 Lok Sabha elections as these eight states will send 99 MPs to the 17th Lok Sabha in 2019 elections. In most states, it is going to be a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vs Congress show. Of these eight states, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Tripura and Nagaland are likely to be in BJP's kitty. However, Karnataka may not be an easy ride for BJP, with incumbent Congress giving a tough fight. Rajasthan, too, may prove to be a difficult deal for BJP. Going by Gujarat polls, which witnessed BJP being reduc...