Podcast | Editor's pick - State Assembly election results - Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Mizoram

The last month saw some fairly aggressive campaigning in the build up towards the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and even Mizoram. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held multiple rallies in MP, speaking about naamdar and kaamdar while Yogi Adityanath promised to rename Hyderabad to Bhagyanagar.

TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao and his family campaigned extensively across Telangana, promising sops and freebies. Rahul Gandhi too campaigned extensively, Jyotiraditya Scindia in tow, searching for that election win which has eluded him for many years, leading to even his own partymen questioning his leadership. He spoke about janeus and gotras while, peculiarly, Congress leader Kamal Nath was seen in leaked videos speaking about the necessity of capturing 90 percent of the Muslim vote in Madhya Pradesh.

All things considered, the assembly elections of December 2018 are crucial, which is probably why the campaigning has been ugly.