* India TV-CNX opinion poll
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may emerge as the single largest party and may just touch the half-way mark of 116 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election to be held next month on November 17, says India TV-CNX Opinion Poll. The results of the survey were telecast on Thursday evening, on the news channel.
Ahead of the forthcoming assembly election in Madhya Pradesh, India TV has conducted an opinion poll to guage the mood of the voters and predict which political party is having an edge in the state.
According to India TV-CNX opinion poll, Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the most preferred choice for the Chief Minister’s post with 44 per cent, Kamal Nath is second with 39 per cent, Jyotiraditya Scindia at distant third with 9 per cent and Digvijaya Singh is at 2 per cent.
The opinion poll projections show the BJP may win 115 seats, compared to the 109 seats it had won five years ago in the 230-member Assembly. The main opposition party Congress may win 110 seats, compared to 114 seats it had won five years ago, says the survey.
‘Others’ including independents hold the key, and they are likely to win five seats. In the last elections, seven seats were won by independents and other parties including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP).
Vote share projections show the BJP may get 44.38 per cent, the Congress may get 42.51 per cent, and ‘Others’ may get 13.11 per cent. In the 2018 elections, the BJP got 41.02 per cent, the Congress got 40.89 per cent, and ‘Others’ got 18.09 per cent votes.
27.4 per cent of respondents said unemployment was the biggest issue in Madhya Pradesh, while 21.05 per cent said development was the biggest issue. 19.11 per cent said inflation was the biggest issue. 14.42 per cent said Hindutva was the biggest issue, while 7.23 per cent said corruption was the biggest issue.
PM Modi penned a letter to MP people
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a letter for Madhya Pradesh titled ‘MP Ke Mann Mein Modi’ expressing that confidence which the people of the state showed in BJP has helped the state to make its place in the top ten performing state economies in the country.
In the last 20 years, the state has come out of the ‘BIMARU’ tag as who can forget the time in 2003 when basic facilities like roads, electricity, water were lacking in the state, the Prime Minister said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he always had a special connection with Madhya Pradesh due to which the people here have helped the BJP to register victory in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
“I have full confidence that in the upcoming Assembly election too, the people will once again extend their support to me and the BJP”, the Prime Minister wrote. Hailing work done by Madhya Pradesh Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan, PM Modi said that hes’ working tirelessly for the state over the last 20 years.
In the last 20 years, the state saw construction of 5 lakh km of roads, a 16 per cent rate of economic growth, water reaching 65 lakh homes and 28,000 MW of power production, he said in the letter.
The development model of Madhya Pradesh has become an inspiration as to how one can work for welfare of poor and women empowerment. The BJP government has done work for all the sections of the society due to which 1.36 crore people have come out of poverty.
