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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: In BJP bastion Bhopal, a Congress challenge
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
PUBLISHED ON MAY 13, 2019 09:01 AM IST
In Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency, Pragya Thakur, an accused under the terror law for the 2008 Malegaon serial blasts, was the BJP’s choice to fight against Congress Digvijaya Singh, to prove the point that there is no such thing as ‘Hindu terror’. Polling was held here on Sunday, May 12.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Madhya Pradesh, Congress challenge is PM Modi’s popularity
By Prashant Jha | Hindustan Times, Balaghat/Mandla/Shahdol/Jabalpur/Sagar/Vidisha/Bhopal/Hoshangabad
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2019 07:42 AM IST
The battle of Madhya Pradesh rests on a complex interplay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s overarching popularity, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s local vulnerabilities, Congress’ advantage of being in power for five months and its disadvantage of being seen as failing to deliver its promises.