Trouncing the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, the BJP consolidated its position in the Hindi heartland, while the Congress unseated Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana, as results of the Assembly election to the four States were announced on December 3. The BJP finished third in Telangana.
With these results, the BJP has 12 Chief Ministers and the Congress three.
The BJP had lost all the three northern States in 2018 but toppled the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, to return to power in 2020. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP’s victory. “This victory is of the mantra of ‘sabka saath, sabka vishwas and sabka prayas’ given by PM Modi,” Ms. Raje said.
