CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: In Rajasthan, Congress had a strategic approach while BJP was complacent
The HinduThe Congress’ performance in Rajasthan appears all the more dramatic in the backdrop of the clean sweep by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the last two parliamentary elections. Post-poll data show that the BJP once again drew substantial support from the urban, more educated, economically better-off, upper caste sections of the electorate in the State. That the party still won 14 seats could be explained by the fact that nearly one-third of the respondents in the post-poll survey appreciated ‘the construction of the Ram Mandir’ and the ‘promotion of Hindutva ideology’. Nearly two out of every 10 voters wanted to give the BJP another chance because of ‘good welfare schemes’, ‘good governance’ and ‘development in the country’ and the ‘strong leadership of Narendra Modi’.