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This special report examines the India Today-CVoter 'Mood of the Nation' January 2026 poll results, where panelists discuss findings suggesting a consolidation for the NDA, which is projected to win 352 seats if Lok Sabha elections were held today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi maintains a 57% approval rating, reflecting a perceived political stability despite global turbulence. In contrast, the INDIA alliance is projected to slip to 182 seats.
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00:20Hello and welcome to India's most definitive moon track.
00:25We are back again with India Today magazine's biannual service.
00:30.
00:35.
00:35...has all the details on the big questions.
00:37How does India rate the Narendra Modi...
00:40...the government's performance?
00:41How, what would happen if elections were held today?
00:45How would Prime Minister, how is Prime Minister Modi's handling of...
00:50...Operation Sindur to the attacks that have taken place on...
00:55...hindoos in Bangladesh being seen?
00:57How is the government being seen on handling...
01:00...the economy and what of the state of the opposition?
01:03All the big questions...
01:05...will be answered today on the Mood of the Nation.
01:08My colleague Maria Shaquille...
01:10...will be also joining me on this special coverage...
01:12...as is Raj Chengappa.
01:15Editorial Director at India Today magazine.
01:19So we've got plenty...
01:20...ahead on the show for you.
01:22But first, we need to take a look at the headlines.
01:25That's right, let's take a look at the headlines.
01:30Up next, India Today's Mood of the Nation.
01:35...surveyed the biannual poll of India Today.
01:38What would happen if elections...
01:40...will held today a special three-hour broadcast...
01:43...with all the big numbers?
01:45...with all the big numbers?
01:50Big question.
01:55Big question is, what is the mood like in pole-bound states, Tamil Nadu, Bengal, Canada?
02:00All go to poles in the next few months.
02:05Ahead of budget 2026, we'll tell you India...
02:10Ratings of Modi-nomics on GST reform, unemployment, many more barometers.
02:15For the mood of the nation when it comes to the economy in this big budget week.
02:20And the mood of the nation cannot come...
02:25...at a better time with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman...
02:28...having tabled the economic service...
02:30...in Norway 2026, which projects a robust growth...
02:34...but also explains...
02:35...means that there are global uncertainties.
02:40A huge setback for the centre over its plea against the new UGC norms in the Supreme...
02:45...Court.
02:46The Supreme Court stays implementation of the norms as 2020...
02:50...and as well.
02:51Regulations will continue for now, calls the new UGC norms.
02:55Primer face-y, vague and prone to misuse.
03:00Two Kashmiris all sellers beaten up.
03:05...by a group of people in Uttarakhand's Vikas Nagar, victims claim...
03:09...there was so...
03:10...they were assaulted because of their identity.
03:12One accused, taken into custody, Jamin Kashmir Chief Minister...
03:15...Omar Abdullah slams targeted attacks against Kashmiris.
03:20Ajeeb Pawar dead to rest with full state honours in his Baramati...
03:25...the bastion chants of Ajeeb Dada Amar Rahe Eko...
03:29...his wife...
03:30...Sunetra Pawar breaks down at the funeral...
03:32...black box from the clash...
03:34...trash plane...
03:35...and discovered...
03:36...Aviation Minister Shores at Time-bound Probe.
03:40...Aviation Minister Shores at Time-bound Probe.
03:42...Aviation Minister Shores at Time-bound Probe.
03:45...Aviation Minister Shores at Time-bound Probe
03:47...covered Marah strong against the
04:08day month that's in January and it's been going on for more than a quarter of
04:13a century. We'll give you all the details of just how much the nature of...
04:18the poll, the methodology. Also, as I said, Raj Chengappa, group editorial director.
04:23He's with us. We'll have other guests also joining us. Rajat Sethi, political analyst who's working on
04:28closely with the BJP in the past, Sanjay Jha, who's been with the Congress and...
04:33of political analyst, Brijes Kalappa, national spokesperson of the Congress, with us as...
04:38Sanju Verma, national spokesperson of the BJP. But, Maria, the big number...
04:43I know that there is no Lok Sabha election till 2029, but every six...
04:48months or five to six months, we do this poll as a tracker to get a sense.
04:53of what would happen if elections are held today.
04:56And Rajdeep, the state assembly elections...
04:58perhaps are enough indicator of how the mood of the nation right now is.
05:03If the Lok Sabha elections, the elections to those 543 seats...
05:08in the Lok Sabha are held today. These are the first big numbers that are...
05:13coming in now, just look at these numbers right on your television screens.
05:17If the...
05:18elections are held today. NDA will be at 47%...
05:23similar to what they won...
05:25just a year ago...
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05:57India Bloc...
05:33gaining around 2%.
05:35So NDA continues to be at the position
05:38they were in 2024.
05:41India block down by 2%.
05:43Others at 14%, they are making a gain
05:46of roughly around 2%.
05:48And if this percentage actually translates into numbers...
05:53Let's look at that data now.
05:55NDA will be at 352.
05:58The current strength of NDA is roughly around 293.
06:03There is a significant gain of roughly 28 seats.
06:06India block 182.
06:08Minus 26.
06:09Others at 9.
06:11That is minus 2.
06:12Rajdeep...
06:13What assessment?
06:14Yeah, look, these are the numbers where we are comparing
06:16to the previous board of the nation, which was...
06:18in August of 2025.
06:20So if you look at it, Maria, over these five months...
06:23gaining 28 seats, India block is losing 28 seats.
06:28We will get Yashwan Deshmukh of SeaVoter to tell us...
06:31where those gains and losses are coming.
06:33But net, net, Raj Chengappa, for your first reaction...
06:36the sense one gets looking...
06:38at those numbers.
06:39Is Narendra Modi after the seeming setback that he suffered...
06:43in 2024, Lok Sabha, where the BJP was reduced to a minority government...
06:48has almost re-consolidated or re-grouped and...
06:53we saw signs of that in August 2025's poll...
06:56but now we are seeing...
06:58a sustained period of stability.
07:01On the other hand, it appears that...
07:03the India Alliance, which...
07:05one and a half year ago...
07:07appeared...
07:08to have the momentum with it...
07:09has again taken a few steps back.
07:12Would that be the broad...
07:13analysis of what...
07:15is how you are seeing the mood of the nation?
07:17Mr. Modi...
07:18recapturing or retrieving lost ground from 2024.
07:23in a substantial measure.
07:24Well, let's put it this way...
07:25I agree with you...
07:26and I would...
07:27frame it...
07:28a little differently.
07:29I think...
07:30Prime Minister Modi has regained his mojo...
07:32if you'd like to call that.
07:33given the fact that...
07:35this particular period...
07:36internationally was...
07:38among the most trouble...
07:39that we had...
07:40experienced...
07:41whether you look at...
07:42Trump and the tariffs...
07:43that he's imposed...
07:44and the kind of global churn...
07:45that he's caused...
07:46look at our neighborhood...
07:47which...
07:48both Bangladesh and Pakistan...
07:49are good examples...
07:50of what kind of turmoil...
07:51that is there...
07:52so we've...
07:53improved relations...
07:54and of course...
07:55China has always kept us...
07:56on a blow hot...
07:57blow cold...
07:58globally...
07:58there's so much...
07:59of turbulence...
08:00that's happening...
08:01and yet...
08:02Prime Minister Modi...
08:03and the NDA...
08:04and the BJP...
08:05of course...
08:06seem to be...
08:07having tremendous amount...
08:08of political...
08:08and economic resilience...
08:10to weather this storm...
08:11and come out...
08:12looking far far...
08:13better than what they did...
08:14in the previous poll...
08:15if you recall...
08:16Rajdeep...
08:17that...
08:18those numbers...
08:18had dropped...
08:19in the previous...
08:20poll...
08:21as compared to...
08:22February 2025...
08:23where the BJP...
08:24and the NDA...
08:25had lost...
08:26in fact the BJP...
08:27had dropped down...
08:28to around...
08:2860 seats...
08:29now I think...
08:30you will see it go up...
08:31quite substantially...
08:32giving it a simple...
08:33majority...
08:34and the NDA...
08:35going right up...
08:36to 352 seats...
08:37we take the...
08:38vote share...
08:38that's there...
08:39so remarkable...
08:40turnaround...
08:41that has happened...
08:42and just goes to...
08:43show that...
08:43to Modi's...
08:44leadership...
08:45the trust that...
08:46people have on him...
08:47and the fact that...
08:48in these...
08:49very troubled times...
08:50they're looking for a leader...
08:51that can deliver...
08:52on all these...
08:53key issues...
08:54that are there...
08:55and as you can see...
08:56the economy is also...
08:57doing very well...
08:58we've seen...
08:58the fact that...
08:59there is a Goldilocks...
09:00period that...
09:01is being talked about...
09:02you have high growth...
09:03low inflation...
09:03all these indicate...
09:04very stable leadership...
09:05very difficult times...
09:06and yet...
09:07they...
09:08seem to have come out...
09:09with flying colors...
09:10in this particular pole...
09:11right...
09:12let's get...
09:13more reactions...
09:14Rajat Sethi...
09:15and Sanjay Javita...
09:16Sanjay...
09:17I know you have...
09:18a very different...
09:18perspective...
09:19to Prime Minister...
09:20Modi...
09:21his leadership...
09:22Raj Charingappa...
09:23saying...
09:24look...
09:23there's a trust factor...
09:24that's underlying...
09:25these poles...
09:26do you go along with that...
09:27Sanjay?
09:28is there a trust factor?
09:32why don't you take...
09:33that...
09:34Rajesh Kalappa...
09:35why don't you take...
09:36that...
09:37since you're with the...
09:38Congress Party...
09:39the Congress Party...
09:40clearly has not built...
09:41on the momentum...
09:42that it had in the...
09:43immediate aftermath...
09:44of the 2024...
09:45mood of the nation...
09:46you've...
09:47substantially...
09:48declined...
09:49in fact...
09:50if elections are held...
09:51today...
09:52you're at 182...
09:53that's the...
09:53India alliance...
09:54such as it exists...
09:55today...
09:56if I'm not mistaken...
09:57Raj...
09:58I think...
09:59even...
10:00during the elections...
10:01too...
10:02in the...
10:032024...
10:03liberal elections...
10:04the mood of the nation...
10:05had predicted...
10:06that...
10:07the...
10:08NTA would...
10:09get at least...
10:1075 more seats...
10:11than they actually got...
10:12and...
10:13if I'm not mistaken...
10:14on that...
10:15so therefore...
10:16I think these...
10:17both of the nations...
10:18are...
10:18clearly done...
10:19in order to...
10:20kind of...
10:21show the...
10:22emperor...
10:23the mirror...
10:23and...
10:24a very...
10:25very...
10:26happy...
10:27image at that...
10:28but...
10:29that's alright...
10:30I think...
10:31as far as...
10:32the real issues...
10:33are concerned...
10:33whether...
10:34the aftermath of...
10:35whether you want to...
10:36call it a success...
10:37or...
10:38a failure...
10:39is something which...
10:40will...
10:41decide on the basis...
10:42of where you're seated...
10:43and...
10:44if...
10:45if...
10:46we have...
10:47still not been able...
10:48to identify...
10:48who are the...
10:49attackers...
10:50in...
10:51how did they...
10:52come in...
10:53how...
10:53did they go...
10:54and...
10:55where are they...
10:56and...
10:57at least...
10:58after the Mumbai attacks...
10:58we knew...
10:59who were the attackers...
11:00and we knew...
11:01you know...
11:02we had...
11:03somebody...
11:04on hand...
11:03I think...
11:04until we do that...
11:05I think...
11:06there is going to be...
11:07a question mark...
11:08with...
11:08regard to...
11:09how...
11:10these kind of...
11:11major terrorist attacks...
11:12are...
11:13we will...
11:13give you the numbers...
11:14of how...
11:15you see...
11:16this is a...
11:17this is a poll...
11:18that shows...
11:19the mood...
11:20of people...
11:21of the country...
11:22but...
11:23Maria...
11:24you have more numbers...
11:25to share with us...
11:26okay...
11:27so let's look...
11:26at the next set of numbers...
11:27so the question...
11:28that we had asked...
11:29was if...
11:30looks above...
11:31polls...
11:31held today...
11:32what will be...
11:33the numbers...
11:34in terms of...
11:35the big two...
11:36political parties...
11:37that is...
11:36BJP and the Congress...
11:37BJP would be...
11:38roughly around...
11:3941%...
11:40similar to what they had...
11:41one and a half...
11:42years ago...
11:43and the Congress...
11:44at 20%...
11:45minus one...
11:46others...
11:47at 39%...
11:48that includes...
11:49BJP Plus...
11:50and also...
11:51other members...
11:51of the India bloc...
11:52and if...
11:53that...
11:54were to...
11:55be converted...
11:56from VoteShare...
11:57to the...
11:58actually...
11:59the...
12:00the...
12:01the...
12:02the...
12:03the...
12:04the...
12:05the...
12:06the...
12:07the...
12:08the...
12:09the...
12:10the...
12:11the...
12:12the...
12:13a mirror to the government? Shouldn't it be seen also as a mirror to the opposition?
12:18Why are they not able to consolidate and improvise on the numbers that they have?
12:23in 2024 Lok Sabha ports?
12:25Absolutely, Maria, particularly given the difficult time...
12:28the government has gone through in the last 12 months both on the economic and foreign policy front...
12:33look at what's happened with tariffs at one level on the foreign policy front, look at what's happened...
12:38domestically when you've got constant...
12:43questions being raised over issues like unemployment...
12:48limitations in different parts of the country, even then the opposition seemingly has not been able...
12:53to capitalize on the mood of discontent 11 years into power, so...
12:58clearly Mr. Modi has done something right...
13:00the word that Raj Chengappa used which I think...
13:03resonates is a trust factor, it's not often that Sanju Verma will...
13:08smile at a question that I posed to her...
13:10but Sanju Verma, these numbers should make you feel good!
13:13that there is something that you are doing at the moment which is giving people a sense...
13:17that...
13:18whatever else is happening around us...
13:20difficult economic conditions...
13:23foreign policy situation...
13:25people are trusting Mr. Modi...
13:27so you can smile today...
13:28you know...
13:31Rajdeep and Maria...
13:32and of course...
13:33Mr. Modi...
13:33Mr. Modi...
13:34I just want to say that...
13:35you know...
13:36we are all aware of the two Black Swan events...
13:38things that have happened in the last couple of years...
13:39the Covid pandemic in 2019-20 was a huge black...
13:43black Swan events...
13:44followed by the Russia-Ukraine conflict...
13:46which started in 2022...
13:47that...
13:48it was the second black swan event...
13:49I say...
13:50that...
13:51the third Black Swan event...
13:53...
13:53was Prime Minister Narendra Modi
13:55becoming the Prime Minister
13:57for the third time
13:58in a row, the only leader
13:59to become the Prime Minister
14:01consecutively for the third time.
14:03In 62 long years
14:05and why I call it a black swan?
14:07Because the entire...
14:08Darbari ecosystem
14:09had written off Prime Minister Modi
14:11saying, you know,
14:122014 was a flu...
14:13in 2019
14:14who has become a government?
14:162024
14:17has something happened.
14:18Narendra Bodhi will not become Pradhan Mantri in Narendra Bodhi.
14:21You have had three Black Swan events.
14:23And I say 2029 will be the fourth Black Swan event.
14:26Narendra Bodhi will take...
14:28I will be charged at the helm of affairs again.
14:30But I will substantiate what I am saying, not with...
14:33but pure data.
14:34Going by what you have put out on your screens a couple of minutes back.
14:38The combined vote share of NDA you are saying will be 47%.
14:42The combined vote...
14:43The fourth share of NDA in 2024 was 42.5%.
14:46Which means that there is...
14:48going to be a 4.5% increase in vote share...
14:51if Lok Sabha elections were held today...
14:53and that 4.5% increase...
14:55is something that the NDA will have in a biscuit.
14:58You are also saying that vis-à-vis the NDA getting 293 seats in 2024...
15:03this time we will get 352...
15:06which is a rise of 59 seats...
15:08and look at what you are talking...
15:10in terms of what the opposition is all about.
15:13You are saying that the opposition's vote share will be 39% vis-à-vis...
15:1840.6% that is secured in Lok Sabha 2024...
15:21which means you are talking...
15:23of a 1.6% fall...
15:25for the dot dot alliance...
15:26and you are also saying...
15:28vis-à-vis 234 seats that...
15:30the dot dot alliance got in Lok Sabha 2024...
15:33it will be limited to 182 now...
15:35which means you are saying...
15:36that their seat tally will be...
15:38down by 52 seats...
15:39so to break it all into numbers...
15:41NDA will see a rise...
15:43rise in worship...
15:44NDA will see a rise in seats...
15:46the dot dot alliance will see a fall in...
15:48court share...
15:49the dot dot alliance will also see a fall in seat...
15:52Sanju Varma...
15:53Sanju Varma...
15:54just one correction...
15:55you got all your facts right...
15:56except that Narendra Modi is not the...
15:58first Prime Minister to win...
15:59three consecutive elections...
16:00there was someone called Jawallah Nehru...
16:02who also won...
16:03three consecutive elections...
16:0452, 57 and 62...
16:06he won three consecutive elections...
16:07Can I just comment?
16:08I need to counter that...
16:10please...
16:11no offense to you...
16:12yes...
16:13even...
16:14I said...
16:15loud and clear...
16:16for all of Rajdeep Sardesai's fans...
16:18who are watching this...
16:19Nehru was not the first...
16:21elected Prime Minister...
16:23Prime Minister of India...
16:24we all know...
16:25Nehru was the first...
16:26selected Prime Minister of India...
16:2852...
16:29he was elected...
16:30no no no...
16:31Madam...
16:32madam...
16:33I just wanted to make a correction...
16:35because it's important...
16:36to do these fact checks...
16:37please...
16:38please...
16:39please...
16:40you can...
16:41you can say...
16:42what you want...
16:43selected...
16:44elected...
16:45I'm...
16:43only giving the facts...
16:44ma'am...
16:45I don't want to get into a dispute...
16:46let's focus on the numbers...
16:47I...
16:48only...
16:49madam...
16:50I have to...
16:51let's go forward...
16:52let's go forward...
16:53let's go forward...
16:54I...
16:55I want to bring in...
16:56Rajat Sethi for just a moment...
16:57Rajat...
16:58you know...
16:59the trust factor...
17:00Sanju Verma threw numbers at us...
17:01and those numbers are reflected on the screen...
17:03Maria will come up with more in a moment...
17:05but the truth of the matter is...
17:07there seems to be...
17:08a trust factor associated with Modi...
17:11and perhaps the opposition has been unable...
17:13to...
17:14get its act together...
17:15post 2024...
17:16the India Alliance...
17:17it's...
17:18itself...
17:19is today...
17:20in some element...
17:21of disarray...
17:22fighting with each other...
17:23the states...
17:24perhaps together at the center...
17:26but no common minimum program...
17:28you're only as good as your opposition is...
17:31and...
17:32in a way...
17:33is this about the...
17:33trust for Modi...
17:34or a certain lack of confidence...
17:36in the opposition?
17:38well...
17:39I think Rajdeep ji...
17:40what I felt...
17:41is that...
17:42over the...
17:43couple of years...
17:43that NDA...
17:44post 2024...
17:45elections...
17:46has been trying to regain ground...
17:47they have shown...
17:48remarkable...
17:49tenacity...
17:50and consistency...
17:51they stayed...
17:52with the same...
17:53set of ministers...
17:54they...
17:55believed in the team...
17:56and then they went on...
17:57to the basics...
17:58trying to...
17:58correct...
17:59wherever they felt...
18:00things were going wrong...
18:01including the economy...
18:02they put in...
18:03a lot of effort...
18:04in bringing...
18:03reforms...
18:04it was a very...
18:05positive agenda...
18:06with which the NDA...
18:07approached...
18:08but...
18:09on the other...
18:08side...
18:09what I felt...
18:10was...
18:11why was the opposition...
18:12not able to...
18:13capture...
18:13capitalize on the...
18:14window of opportunity...
18:15that they had...
18:16a...
18:17wrong...
18:18selection of issues...
18:19they kept...
18:20selecting issues...
18:21which did not...
18:22resonate on the ground...
18:23election...
18:24vote...
18:25was...
18:26carried on...
18:27as a narrative...
18:28for one full year...
18:28without...
18:29you know...
18:30credibly...
18:31registering...
18:32this into the minds...
18:33of the voters...
18:33that this is an issue...
18:34about...
18:35democratic rights...
18:36and all of those things...
18:37that remained...
18:38a very...
18:38philosophical discussions...
18:39which were held...
18:40with Rahul Gandhi...
18:41and his set of advisors...
18:42beyond that...
18:43the resonance...
18:44was very low...
18:45that is number one...
18:46number two...
18:47was...
18:48this...
18:48this credibility...
18:49crisis...
18:50that India Alliance...
18:51suffers...
18:52throughout...
18:53look at...
18:53Maharashtra...
18:54was one state...
18:55where they...
18:56saw huge gains...
18:57in 2024 election...
18:58but...
18:59thereafter...
19:00what happened...
19:01the entire...
19:02formation...
19:03collapsed...
19:03within...
19:04because of...
19:05this set of...
19:06ideological...
19:07inconsistencies...
19:08because...
19:09there is no...
19:10central...
19:11glue...
19:12see...
19:08CMP...
19:09is the...
19:10common minimum...
19:11programs...
19:12does not work...
19:13in today's...
19:14day and...
19:15age...
19:16you need...
19:17to have...
19:18the...
19:19CMP...
19:20is the...
19:21common minimum...
19:22program...
19:23does not...
19:24work...
19:25in today's...
19:26day and age...
19:27you need...
19:28to have...
19:29to...
19:30was asked who's best suited to be the next prime minister. It was roughly around 52 percent.
19:35For the prime, for Prime Minister Modi. Right now that number has gone up by 3.
19:40In January 2026, as of today, when we asked that question,
19:45who's best suited to be prime minister of India? Narendra Modi is at 55 percent. Rahul
19:50Gandhi is at 27 percent. So what clearly shows is that in
19:55these difficult times when there are economic uncertainties, global turbulence,
20:00Indians feel that Prime Minister Modi is best suited to govern the country.
20:05The next question that was asked was, how do Indians look at the performance?
20:10Prime Minister Modi. Mr. Modi asked the prime minister, just look at that number.
20:15It is at 57 percent. That's how high his approval rating is.
20:20It is at 57 percent. And when we are, you know, of course, there was an assessment of whether
20:25it will be average or poor. Roughly around 24 percent said that it is poor. Another set of graphs.
20:30Now, performance of NDA. Let's look at that. Overall satisfaction.
20:35is at 52 percent as of today. Unsatisfied.
20:40at 24 percent. Let's put that graphics out now. Performance of NDA. When the question
20:45was asked. Those who are satisfied with Prime Minister Modi led NDA.
20:50the government's performance at the centre. It stands at 52 percent. Unsatisfied at 20 percent.
20:5524 percent. So, the big takeaway, Raj Chingapa, would be that...
21:00When it is about difficult times, Indians feel that Prime Minister Modi is...
21:05leadership is strong enough to take India through these difficult times and hence...
21:10he is best suited to be the Prime Minister at 55 percent.
21:15Minister Modi and dosing at 5 percent.
21:21So,...
21:22You always have to be...
21:24A great idea if there is a practice human player in the European Union.
21:28The smart guy in the European Union. They never know...
21:30They never know...
21:31Mr. Shia.
21:35Mr. Shia, Mr. Shia.
21:38Maffhandani, do you agree the program before you are seeing something as you can...
21:40So that's great going for him, but if you take a look at why this is happening,
21:44I think that's the most important question.
21:45If you take, if, if you look at our previous polls in August, the.
21:50The percentages, the vote percentage is barely 0.9% difference with the NDA.
21:56As compared to what they had, they're getting right now.
21:59And from the BJP is only zero.
22:000.3%.
22:01So why does the number of the BJP go up from 260 to 287?
22:05And the NDA go up from 323 to 352.
22:09That's the big question that.
22:10Is, we'll, we'll give you the answers to as to why the, why we are.
22:15Seeing this remarkable search that's there.
22:17And really what has happened is two things.
22:19One, as you rightly.
22:20Put it in these very troubled times, Prime Minister Modi and his government have delivered on all the key issues.
22:25And therefore you see that vote of confidence that is there on them.
22:29And secondly, the opposition.
22:30The opposition has failed to project itself as an alternative.
22:34If you see that actually what happened.
22:35is that the opposition alliance poll, I mean, vote share numbers.
22:40The opposition will go down by 2%.
22:42And the string of defeats that they experienced that was Dr.
22:45earlier by the BJP spokesperson, Maharashtra, Haryana, Bihar.
22:50And of course Delhi, all elections, all assembly polls since 2020.
22:55They don't have an impact in terms of the total numbers.
22:58So if you look, what happens is it is.
23:00Because in this very troubled atmosphere that you described, it is the end.
23:05India and particularly Prime Minister Modi that has shown greater political stability.
23:10The opposition is showing a very fragmented face and people want at this very troubled time a solid
23:15government that projects stability, that is able to control the forces that are there.
23:20particularly the economy and give this feeling that, look, we are not going to fall in the same trap as say Biden.
23:25Bangladesh or Nepal did, but we will certainly, at this time, we are probably
23:30prospering economically and that's why you see the high rating that's there.
23:33So the big thing is that.
23:35The Prime Minister offers political stability and a clear direction where
23:40the opposition is not able to project that though Rahul Gandhi's numbers, by the way, have not dropped.
23:45In fact, it has increased 2%, but as you rightly pointed out, the gap remains pretty substantial.
23:50between the Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and if you see the third challenges,
23:55in fact, she's about 1.7%.
23:57So really, Rahul Gandhi remains the prime challenger for
24:00for the Prime Minister's post from the opposition side.
24:05But he's unable to close that gap with Prime Minister Modi, who is head and shoulders and soaring.
24:10High above him, at 30% ratings better.
24:13Is it 30%? Sorry, 27%.
24:1527% to 52%.
24:16So it's about, it's about a 25%.
24:1825%, yeah.
24:1925%, yeah.
24:2025%, yeah.
24:2025%, yeah.
24:21I stand corrected, yes.
24:22You know, Rajesh Kalappa, what it shows is that…
24:25And this is a consistent pattern.
24:26You see, the India today mood of the nation tracker's interest…
24:30I see T 날 roasting because it's done biannually for the last 2 decades.
24:34If I look at during…
24:35Mohan Singh's term, by the sixth and seventh year, a decline had set in.
24:40Prime Minister Modi, I don't see that decline setting in.
24:43Now, there could be various factors for that.
24:45Anjay Jha is also joining us at the moment.
24:48Mr. Jha, you've been a critic of the Prime Minister.
24:51But the truth of the matter is this trust factor.
24:54I keep repeating this.
24:55There's a sense that people seem to have built a trust factor with Prime Minister Modi.
25:00How do you explain it at a time when many incumbents...
25:05...across the world?
25:06Look at Donald Trump's ratings in America.
25:08They've gone down substantially.
25:10But here, somehow, the Prime Minister almost seems teflon-like.
25:15Well, Razdeep, the answer to that question is fairly simplistic.
25:20I was looking...
25:20I was looking at the number of democracies that went to elections in 2024.
25:25And in majority of them, there was a change of government.
25:29India seems to be an outlier.
25:30There's a very significant reason behind it.
25:33And to cut to the chase...
25:35Unfortunately, I would believe that the opposition of the country has not been...
25:40able to get the message across that it is dealing...
25:45currently with a government which is authoritarian or sectarian and is not...
25:50created a level playing field.
25:52The messaging, the political messaging, doesn't seem to have...
25:55that emotional connect.
25:57I believe that if you look at the BJP over the last 11 years...
26:00and you have said it yourself on India Today multiple times, the cocktail...
26:05that they have used is hyper-nationalism, Hindutva and welfare...
26:10subsidies and subsidies.
26:11And you look at all these three criteria, hyper-nationalism has been punctured...
26:15after Operation Sindur and the Pahal Gaham massacre.
26:18I think Mr. Modi doesn't come out...
26:20on that same muscular, macho image that he had before...
26:23on subsidies India...
26:25is struggling as an economy.
26:27Look at jobs, look at inequality, look at the poverty...
26:30levels, a greater distress, nothing has changed.
26:32In fact, the numbers have got progressively...
26:35worse.
26:36And as far as Hindutva is concerned, I don't think I need to say it.
26:39I think every panel...
26:40politicalists, even though they are supporters of this government...
26:42will have to concede that India has never looked...
26:45more toxic and poisonous as it looks today.
26:48Despite all these headwinds...
26:50Mr. Modi seems to be the preferred choice...
26:52But Sundeer, my question is...
26:53for all the concerns...
26:54for all the concerns...
26:55you know, your disagreement may be...
26:57with Prime Minister Modi's leadership and his functioning...
27:00why is it that the opposition is not able...
27:02to come up with an alternative?
27:05The last Mood of the Nation was done in August.
27:07After that, Bihar went to polls.
27:09Then it was...
27:10the Maharashtra local body elections.
27:12The BJP and...
27:14the Mahayuti...
27:15the NDA in Bihar...
27:17they swept these elections.
27:18So certainly...
27:19Mr. Modi...
27:20and his party is doing something right.
27:22And it's not just the opposition...
27:23Look at...
27:24Look at Mr. Modi...
27:25Mr. Modi's own satisfaction numbers...
27:27Yes.
27:28They remain high...
27:29So...
27:30there is some...
27:30one thing...
27:31I come back to it...
27:32there seems to be...
27:33Mr. Modi's been able to build a connect...
27:34whether it's...
27:35emotional...
27:36whether it's a...
27:37perceptional...
27:38but there is a connect that Mr. Modi has built...
27:40field...
27:41that seems to reflect in these numbers...
27:42and...
27:43in elections since 2024.
27:45Well...
27:46Rajdeep and Mahaya...
27:47I think a very pertinent question.
27:48The answer is very straight...
27:50forward...
27:51that the Congress...
27:52is now seen as...
27:53the representative of the entire...
27:55India alliance...
27:56and the Congress is a linchpin...
27:58and I support the Congress...
27:59ideologically...
28:00but...
28:01politically...
28:02organizationally...
28:03and electorally...
28:04the Congress has not been able to...
28:05inspire confidence in the country...
28:07as a whole...
28:08that it is a party...
28:09waiting to...
28:10assume power...
28:11and I think it's been a failure...
28:12of that positioning...
28:13whether it's the dentist...
28:15of the image of Rahul Gandhi...
28:16over several years...
28:17that continues to become...
28:19some kind of a...
28:20I would call...
28:21as a...
28:22democracy sword...
28:23over the...
28:24India alliance...
28:25you're going to give...
28:26Mr. Modi any credit...
28:27you're going to put...
28:28the blame...
28:29the quality of the opposition...
28:30is what is making...
28:31Mr. Modi look...
28:32stronger than before...
28:33Sanju Verma...
28:34wants to counter that...
28:35Sanju Verma...
28:36here is Sanjay Jha...
28:37saying...
28:38that these numbers...
28:39actually...
28:40are more a reflection...
28:40on the quality of the opposition...
28:41particularly...
28:42the congress...
28:43and less about...
28:44anything spectacular...
28:45that Prime Minister...
28:46Modi has done...
28:47especially...
28:48in the last year...
28:49when...
28:50relationship with...
28:51the US...
28:52has...
28:53gone into a...
28:54tailspin...
28:55when we've had...
28:56we had...
28:57Operation Sindhu...
28:58Donald Trump...
28:59taking credit...
29:00for the ceasefire...
29:01and economic...
29:02uncertainty...
29:05Radhi...
29:06the way you've summarized...
29:07what the...
29:08you know...
29:09suspended...
29:10anger...
29:11acolyte...
29:12has said...
29:13I hope you will even...
29:14summarize...
29:15my arguments...
29:15because when you summarize...
29:16the negativity...
29:17you are reinforcing...
29:18something for your audience...
29:19and I can see through...
29:20a charade...
29:21now let me answer...
29:22rebutting...
29:23every...
29:24allegation...
29:25very point...
29:25repeatedly...
29:26Operation Sindhu...
29:27has come up...
29:28in discussion...
29:29again and again...
29:30in 2016...
29:30via the surgical...
29:31stripe...
29:32we crossed the...
29:33LOC...
29:34in 2019...
29:35via the...
29:35international border...
29:36but for the...
29:37first time...
29:38under Operation Sindhu...
29:39we...
29:40not only crossed...
29:41the...
29:42international border...
29:43we struck...
29:44at the...
29:45heart of...
29:46Rawalpindi...
29:47so...
29:48for anyone...
29:49to sit here...
29:50and you know...
29:50that...
29:51you know...
29:52Operation Sindhu...
29:53really quite...
29:54did not give us...
29:55a comparative advantage...
29:55seems to be living...
29:56in la la land...
29:57the second thing...
29:58you want to talk...
29:59about Donald Trump...
30:00and tariffs...
30:01I want to talk...
30:02about the fact...
30:03that...
30:04it's raining...
30:05India...
30:06Mauritius FTA...
30:07India...
30:08Oman...
30:09India...
30:10New Zealand...
30:10India...
30:11Australia...
30:12FTA...
30:13India...
30:14UK...
30:15FTA...
30:16and...
30:15the mother of...
30:16all deals...
30:17India...
30:18European Union...
30:19STA...
30:20creating...
30:21a market...
30:22of 2 billion...
30:23people...
30:24accounting...
30:25for 24%...
30:25of global GDP...
30:26one...
30:27So you are saying...
30:28Prime Minister Modi...
30:29has turned...
30:30adversity...
30:30opportunity...
30:31am I correct...
30:32since you asked me...
30:33to summarize...
30:34you are saying...
30:35Prime Minister Modi...
30:35turned adversity...
30:36just a minute...
30:37Prime Minister Modi...
30:38has turned...
30:39adversity...
30:40opportunity...
30:40and thereby...
30:41reinforced...
30:42his image...
30:43as a leader...
30:44you can trust...
30:45as a leader...
30:45am I correct...
30:46no...
30:47I am asking you...
30:48am I correct...
30:49no...
30:50you will...
30:50give me time...
30:51I heard...
30:52Sanjay Jhaar...
30:53you did not interject...
30:54even once...
30:55please extend...
30:55to BJP...
30:56I say that...
30:57very humbly...
30:58thank you...
30:59let me finish now...
31:00and you can summarize...
31:01after I am done...
31:02and my final point...
31:03is this...
31:04that...
31:05that...
31:06for 20 years...
31:07the Congress...
31:08also tried...
31:09who...
31:10finally ensured...
31:11that...
31:12the India...
31:13European Union...
31:14FTA...
31:15came through...
31:15it was a man...
31:16called Narendra Modi...
31:17you don't want...
31:18to give him credit...
31:19good luck to you...
31:20but the...
31:20part of the matter is...
31:21when somebody...
31:22on your panel...
31:23sits here and says...
31:24you know...
31:25economic...
31:25certainty...
31:26is one of the reasons...
31:27why...
31:28the mojo...
31:29of this government...
31:30is done...
31:30and dusted...
31:31you're talking...
31:32about...
31:33economic...
31:34uncertainty...
31:359.7% growth...
31:35in 2022...
31:367.6%...
31:37in 2023...
31:389.2%...
31:39in 2024...
31:406.5%...
31:41in 2025...
31:42and...
31:43estimated...
31:447.4%...
31:45in 2026...
31:46show me...
31:47another economy...
31:48which is growing...
31:49at 7.5%...
31:50plus...
31:50with retail inflation...
31:51at less than 2%...
31:52there's only one name...
31:53that is India...
31:54and...
31:55the...
31:56the...
31:57the...
31:58the...
31:59the...
32:00can I summarize...
32:01ma'am...
32:02can I summarize...
32:03allow me now...
32:04to summarize...
32:05okay...
32:0510 seconds...
32:0610 seconds...
32:0710 seconds...
32:08thank you...
32:09you know...
32:10for smaller...
32:1012 crore...
32:11swach...
32:12bharat...
32:13toilets...
32:1410 crore...
32:15gasoline...
32:15under...
32:16Pradhan...
32:17Ujula...
32:18Yojana...
32:19more than 42 crore...
32:20Ayushman...
32:20more than 42 crore...
32:21houses...
32:22built...
32:23more than 42 crore...
32:24houses...
32:25under...
32:25Pradhan Mantri...
32:26Aawag...
32:27Yojana...
32:28more than 43 crore...
32:29loans...
32:30under...
32:30Pradhan Mantri, Mudra, Yojara
32:32and guess what?
32:33More than 72% value
32:35of all these schemes
32:37are people from
32:39OBC, Gullit
32:40or tribal communities
32:42so the Modi government
32:43can walk that off
32:44Can I now
32:45Can I now
32:45summarize
32:46Can I
32:47you know
32:47Sanjay Jha
32:48the fact is
32:49what Sanju Verma
32:50saying
32:51the Prime Minister
32:51as I said
32:52A has turned
32:53adversity into
32:53opportunity
32:54for example
32:55tariffs threats
32:56by the US
32:57you go and strike
32:58win-win deals
33:00with other
33:00countries
33:01and other
33:01trade groupings
33:02the fact is
33:04that the Prime Minister
33:05has
33:05Sanjay Jha
33:06has
33:06been
33:06did
33:06take the decision
33:07or the government
33:08took the decision
33:09to strike
33:09at terrorist camps
33:10inside Pakistan
33:11the fact is
33:12despite
33:13the economic
33:14headwinds
33:15that are there
33:15India still
33:16do
33:16doing better
33:16than many
33:17other
33:17large economies
33:18in terms
33:19of the
33:19headline numbers
33:20the truth
33:21of
33:21the matter
33:21is
33:22therefore
33:22all of
33:22this
33:22inspires
33:23an element
33:23of
33:24trust
33:24in
33:25Prime Minister
33:25Modi
33:26will you
33:26not give
33:26him
33:27any
33:27credit
33:27the same
33:27question
33:28can also
33:28be put
33:29to
33:29Mr.
33:29Kalappa
33:29but
33:30Sanjay
33:31very
33:31clear
33:31quickly
33:31and
33:31then
33:32Mr.
33:32Kalappa
33:32Sure
33:33Rajdeep
33:34let me
33:34tell you
33:34I am
33:35also
33:35a
33:35student
33:36of
33:36economics
33:36I have
33:37never
33:37felt
33:38more
33:38embarrassed
33:39than
33:39when
33:39the
33:40international
33:40monetary
33:41fund
33:41a respected
33:42international
33:43agency
33:43questioned
33:44the
33:45veracity
33:45of
33:45India's
33:46GDP
33:46data
33:47calling
33:47it
33:47C
33:48grade
33:48we
33:49have
33:49concerns
33:49India's
33:50data
33:50is
33:50opaque
33:51Arbind
33:52Subramaniam
33:52a chief
33:53economic
33:53advisor
33:54to the
33:54Modi
33:54government
33:55is
33:55on
33:56record
33:56to
33:56say
33:56that
33:57India's
33:57GDP
33:57and
33:58his
33:58latest
33:58book
33:59is
33:59by
33:59the
33:59way
33:59a
33:59brilliant
34:00book
34:00that
34:00tells
34:01you
34:01how
34:01India's
34:01problems
34:02are
34:02structural
34:03and
34:03extremely
34:04deep
34:04and
34:04the
34:05data
34:05is
34:05flawed
34:06crony
34:06capitalism
34:07in this
34:07country
34:08is
34:08through
34:08the
34:09roof
34:09we
34:09have
34:09become
34:10a
34:10plutocracy
34:10which
34:11is
34:11why
34:11you
34:12can
34:12see
34:12India
34:12is
34:13suffering
34:13from
34:13inequality
34:14and
34:14last
34:15but
34:15not
34:15the
34:15least
34:15can
34:16be
34:16talking
34:16about
34:16the
34:16CAG
34:17corruption
34:17under
34:18this
34:18government
34:18it
34:19brought
34:19down
34:19the
34:20UPA
34:20it
34:20should
34:20bring
34:21down
34:21the
34:21Modi
34:21government
34:22if
34:22there
34:22was
34:23enough
34:23people
34:23with
34:23courage
34:24and
34:24conviction
34:24to
34:25take
34:25it
34:25to
34:25the
34:25public
34:26domain
34:26this
34:26is
34:26a
34:27corrupt
34:27government
34:27this
34:28is
34:28a
34:29corrupt
34:29government
34:29you
34:30must
34:30have
34:31the
34:31courage
34:31to
34:31listen
34:31to
34:32Rajesh
34:32Kalappa
34:32very
34:33quickly
34:33because
34:33then
34:33Mariya
34:34has
34:34state
34:34wide
34:35results
34:35to
34:35offer
34:36you
34:36know
34:36Rajesh
34:37Kalappa
34:38when
34:39you
34:39look
34:39at
34:39the
34:39end
34:40of
34:40the
34:40day
34:40we
34:40are
34:40only
34:40giving
34:41numbers
34:41just
34:43a
34:43minute
34:43ma'am
34:43we
34:44are
34:44just
34:44looking
34:44at
34:45the
34:45numbers
34:45and
34:45the
34:45numbers
34:46are
34:46heavily
34:46weighed
34:47in
34:47the
34:47NDA
34:47favour
34:48at
34:48the
34:48moment
34:48see
34:50Rajesh
34:50as
34:50far
34:51as
34:51hyper
34:51nationalism
34:51is
34:52concerned
34:52and
34:53this
34:53is
34:53something
34:53we
34:54which
34:54the
34:54Modi
34:55government
34:55and
34:55the
34:55BJP
34:56have
34:56always
34:57been
34:57known
34:57for
34:57I
34:58think
34:58three
34:58issues
34:59have
34:59really
34:59dented
34:59this
35:00government
35:00on
35:00that
35:00front
35:01one
35:01like
35:01I
35:02said
35:02what
35:02happened
35:02in
35:02Pahal
35:03Gaab
35:03second
35:04is
35:04when
35:05Trump
35:06imposes
35:06a
35:07higher
35:07tariff
35:08than
35:09Pakistan
35:09on
35:10India
35:10and
35:11Mr
35:11Modi
35:11had
35:12a
35:12history
35:12of
35:13having
35:13said
35:14that
35:14I'll
35:15keep
35:15out
35:15reflecting
35:16in
35:16our
35:16numbers
35:17sir
35:17Mr
35:17Kalappa
35:18all
35:18of
35:18what
35:19you
35:19are
35:19saying
35:19is
35:19not
35:19reflecting
35:20in
35:20the
35:20number
35:20then
35:20Mr
35:21Modi
35:21popularity
35:22should
35:22have
35:22significantly
35:23diminished
35:24it
35:24has
35:24not
35:25no
35:26no
35:26but
35:26the
35:26point
35:27is
35:27Rajdeep
35:27like
35:28I
35:28pointed
35:28out
35:28earlier
35:29that
35:30these
35:31numbers
35:31they
35:32are
35:32at
35:32variance
35:33with
35:33what
35:33the
35:33results
35:34are
35:34and
35:34these
35:35were
35:35the
35:35numbers
35:35you
35:35projected
35:36like
35:36I
35:36said
35:36in
35:3720
35:3724
35:37there's
35:38a
35:38difference
35:38of
35:39about
35:3975
35:39to
35:3980
35:40seats
35:40from
35:41what
35:41you
35:41projected
35:42in
35:4220
35:4224
35:43to
35:43what
35:43actually
35:44the
35:44BJP
35:44got
35:45or
35:45the
35:45NDA
35:45got
35:46in
35:46the
35:46May
35:47election
35:47I
35:48think
35:48there
35:48was
35:48a
35:48difference
35:48between
35:4975
35:49to
35:5080
35:50seats
35:50so
35:51there
35:51was
35:51a
35:51substantial
35:52difference
35:52and
35:52I
35:52think
35:53Raj
35:53Chengappa
35:53very
35:54quickly
35:54you
35:54should
35:54answer
35:55that
35:55because
35:55you
35:55know
35:55it's
35:55all
35:56very
35:56well
35:56to
35:56have
35:56mood
35:56of
35:57the
35:57nation
35:57polls
35:57saying
35:58definitively
35:58if
35:59elections
35:59are
35:59held
36:00today
36:00352
36:01seats
36:01there's
36:02a
36:02point
36:02in
36:02what
36:02Raj
36:03Chengappa
36:03says
36:03we
36:04all
36:04got
36:04it
36:04wrong
36:04including
36:05your
36:05mood
36:05of
36:05the
36:05nation
36:06of
36:06January
36:062024
36:07so
36:08are
36:08you
36:08going
36:08to
36:09give
36:09some
36:09caveats
36:10that
36:10you
36:11know
36:11all
36:11these
36:11polls
36:12that
36:12we
36:12put
36:12out
36:13there
36:13will
36:13be
36:13those
36:14who
36:14say
36:14why
36:14should
36:14we
36:14believe
36:15it
36:15there
36:15is
36:15no
36:15general
36:15election
36:16until
36:162029
36:17well
36:19yeah
36:19I
36:19think
36:19as
36:20you
36:20said
36:20earlier
36:20this
36:20is
36:20a
36:21barometer
36:21at
36:22a
36:22particular
36:22point
36:23of
36:23time
36:23there
36:24will
36:24be
36:24events
36:24that
36:25will
36:25overtake
36:25it
36:26if
36:26you
36:26remember
36:26in 2019
36:28since
36:28the BJP
36:29spokesperson
36:29was
36:30talking
36:30about
36:30it
36:30there
36:31was
36:31balakot
36:32that
36:32happened
36:32post
36:33our
36:33polls
36:33and
36:34we
36:34saw
36:34that
36:35the
36:36NDA
36:36went
36:37on
36:37to
36:37win
36:37handsomely
36:38the BJP
36:38did
36:39extremely
36:39well
36:40during
36:40that
36:40time
36:40because
36:41security
36:41became
36:42a
36:42big
36:42issue
36:42that
36:43wasn't
36:43there
36:43when
36:43the
36:43polls
36:44were
36:44being
36:44held
36:44the
36:44mood
36:45of
36:45the
36:45nation
36:45polls
36:45so
36:45there
36:46are
36:46big
36:47big
36:47events
36:47that
36:47have
36:47happened
36:48interestingly
36:48that
36:48you
36:49mentioned
36:49that
36:49Rajdeep
36:49if you
36:50take
36:50a
36:50look
36:50at
36:50operations
36:51Indoor
36:51and
36:53that
36:53should
36:53have
36:53given
36:53the
36:54numbers
36:54to
36:54the
36:55BJP
36:55and
36:56the
36:56NDA
36:56for
36:57their
36:57performance
36:58and
36:58their
36:59success
36:59that
37:00has
37:00happened
37:01in
37:01the
37:01August
37:02polls
37:02but
37:02their
37:02numbers
37:03actually
37:03dropped
37:04to
37:0460
37:05or
37:05so
37:05and
37:06one
37:06of
37:06the
37:06reasons
37:07is
37:07and
37:07that
37:07is
37:07why
37:08I
37:08think
37:08you
37:08will
37:08see
37:08a
37:08lot
37:09of
37:09contradictory
37:10findings
37:11in
37:11in
37:11some
37:11of
37:12these
37:12things
37:12that
37:12we
37:12as
37:13we
37:13get
37:13deeper
37:14into
37:14it
37:14is
37:15that
37:15the
37:16narrative
37:16that
37:17they
37:17built
37:17about
37:18it
37:18was
37:18knocked
37:19down
37:19by
37:19President
37:20Trump
37:20who
37:20claimed
37:20that
37:21he
37:21broke
37:21her
37:21the
37:21piece
37:22I
37:22am
37:23going
37:23to
37:23stop
37:23you
37:23Raj
37:23because
37:24we
37:24got
37:24a lot
37:24of
37:25numbers
37:25to
37:25go
37:25through
37:25perhaps
37:26reflecting
37:26as
37:27Raj
37:27was
37:27saying
37:28about
37:28contradictory
37:29numbers
37:30or
37:30narratives
37:31look
37:31at
37:31this
37:32number
37:32this
37:32is
37:32about
37:33projected
37:33vote
37:34share
37:34in
37:35the
37:35poll
37:35bound
37:35states
37:36we
37:36are
37:36starting
37:37with
37:37what
37:37will
37:37be
37:38the
37:38mother
37:38of
37:38all
37:39battles
37:39which
37:39will
37:39be
37:40in
37:40West
37:40Bengals
37:40the
37:41projected
37:42vote
37:43share
37:43for
37:44the
37:44NDA
37:45in
37:45mood
37:46of
37:46the
37:46nation
37:46January
37:4720
37:4826
37:48as
37:48of
37:48today
37:49is
37:4942%
37:50India
37:51block
37:52which
37:52is
37:52largely
37:52the
37:53TMC
37:53is
37:53at
37:5454%
37:55so
37:55the
37:55vote
37:56share
37:57gap
37:57is
37:5712%
37:58between
37:59NDA
38:00and
38:00India
38:02block
38:02which
38:02is
38:02at
38:0254%
38:03and
38:04if
38:04it
38:04was
38:04converted
38:05into
38:05number
38:06of
38:06seats
38:06these
38:07are
38:07looks
38:07of
38:08our
38:08numbers
38:08it
38:09will
38:10be
38:10TMC
38:10at
38:1028%
38:11remember
38:12in
38:122024
38:13Lok Sabha
38:13the
38:14TMC
38:14had
38:15won
38:1520%
38:1529%
38:16the
38:16Congress
38:16had
38:16won
38:171%
38:17the
38:17BJP
38:18then
38:18had
38:1812%
38:19right
38:20now
38:20the
38:20BJP
38:20is
38:20at
38:2114%
38:21so
38:21they
38:21are
38:21making
38:22a
38:22gain
38:22of
38:222
38:23seats
38:23this
38:24is
38:24how
38:24the
38:25number
38:25are
38:26projected
38:26if
38:27the
38:27Lok Sabha
38:27elections
38:27were
38:28held
38:28in
38:29an
38:29important
38:29poll
38:30bound
38:30state
38:30which
38:30is
38:31the
38:31state
38:31of
38:31West
38:32Bengal
38:32now
38:32let's
38:32look
38:32at
38:32Tamil
38:33Nadu
38:33important
38:34election
38:34again
38:34playing
38:35out
38:35in
38:35Tamil
38:35Nadu
38:35BJP
38:36is
38:36trying
38:36to
38:36build
38:37an
38:38important
38:38alliance
38:39they
38:39are
38:39calling
38:40it
38:40ND
38:40NDA
38:41NDA
38:42at
38:4233%
38:43India
38:43Block
38:44again
38:44at
38:4445%
38:45a
38:46gap
38:46of
38:4612%
38:47between
38:48India
38:48Block
38:48which
38:49is
38:49likely
38:49the
38:49DMK
38:50led
38:50India
38:51block
38:51in
38:51Tamil
38:52Nadu
38:53if
38:53it
38:54was
38:54to
38:54be
38:54converted
38:55into
38:55looks
38:55of
38:55our
38:55numbers
38:56NDA
38:57will
38:57be
38:57only
38:57at
38:58one
38:58remember
38:59in
38:592024
39:00looks
39:00of
39:00election
39:00they
39:01could
39:01not
39:01really
39:01open
39:01their
39:01account
39:02in
39:02Tamil
39:02Nadu
39:03India
39:03at
39:0438%
39:05it's
39:0539
39:06members
39:08who
39:09come
39:09from
39:09the
39:09state
39:09of
39:10Tamil
39:10Nadu
39:10we
39:10are
39:10moving
39:10again
39:11I
39:11head
39:11to
39:12the
39:12state
39:12of
39:12Kerala
39:13beautiful
39:13state
39:13UDF
39:14at
39:1440%
39:15let's
39:16move
39:16to
39:16Kerala
39:17now
39:17LDF
39:18at
39:1828%
39:19BJP
39:20at
39:2028%
39:20so
39:21they
39:21are
39:21making
39:22a
39:22gain
39:22from
39:2317%
39:24in
39:24the
39:24looks
39:24of
39:25high
39:25elections
39:25of
39:2520
39:2524
39:26to
39:27now
39:27at
39:2725%
39:28if
39:29it
39:29was
39:29to
39:29be
39:29converted
39:30into
39:30seats
39:31this
39:32is
39:32how
39:32the
39:33numbers
39:33would
39:33be
39:34UDF
39:34at
39:3518%
39:35LDF
39:36will
39:36not
39:36be
39:36able
39:36to
39:36open
39:37its
39:37account
39:37and
39:38BJP
39:38at
39:392%
39:39now
39:39another
39:40pole
39:40bound
39:40state
39:41this
39:41is
39:41the
39:42state
39:42of
39:42Assam
39:42NDA
39:44comfortably
39:45ahead
39:45at
39:4554%
39:46the
39:47India
39:48block
39:48at
39:4833%
39:49despite
39:50Gaurav
39:50Gugoi
39:50making
39:51some
39:52inroads
39:52or
39:52trying
39:52to
39:53make
39:53inroads
39:53a
39:54huge
39:54gap
39:55of
39:55roughly
39:55around
39:5521%
39:56between
39:57India
39:58block
39:58which
39:58is
39:59led
39:59by
39:59Gaurav
39:59Gugoi
40:00and
40:00Gugoi
40:00and
40:01the
40:01Congress
40:01Party
40:01and
40:02in
40:02terms
40:02of
40:03the
40:03seat
40:03it
40:03will
40:04be
40:0412
40:04and
40:042
40:05so
40:05Rajdeep
40:05this
40:06is
40:06how
40:06the
40:06picture
40:07looks
40:07like
40:07we'll
40:07be
40:07looking
40:08at
40:08okay
40:09so
40:09let's
40:09look
40:09at
40:09Uttar
40:10Pradesh
40:10also
40:10although
40:11the
40:11elections
40:11will
40:11be
40:11in
40:1220
40:1227
40:13January
40:13Uttar
40:14Pradesh
40:15firmly
40:16with
40:16the
40:16NDA
40:16at
40:1747%
40:18India
40:18block
40:18at
40:1842%
40:19although
40:20the
40:20gap
40:20is
40:20not
40:21much
40:21but
40:22in
40:23Lok Sabah
40:23elections
40:23it
40:23was
40:2444%
40:2444%
40:25each
40:25at
40:26that
40:26time
40:26Akhilesh
40:27Yadav
40:27led
40:28PDA
40:28did
40:29generate
40:29a
40:29positive
40:30narrative
40:30for
40:30them
40:30which
40:31converted
40:31into
40:31number
40:31of
40:32seats
40:32in
40:32terms
40:33of
40:33advantage
40:33for
40:33them
40:34so
40:3480
40:35seats
40:35is
40:36how
40:36the
40:36Luk Sabah
40:36is
40:37the
40:37total
40:38number
40:38of
40:38MPs
40:38that
40:39are
40:39sent
40:39from
40:39the
40:39state
40:40of
40:40Uttar
40:40Pradesh
40:40right
40:41now
40:41if
40:42the
40:42elections
40:43were
40:43held
40:43in
40:44NDA
40:44at
40:4548
40:45India
40:46block
40:47at
40:4731
40:47this
40:48is
40:48largely
40:48Samajwadi
40:48party
40:49but
40:50the
40:50concern
40:50is
40:50why
40:51did
40:51their
40:51seats
40:52go
40:52down
40:53from
40:53what
40:53it
40:54was
40:54in
40:54Lok Sabah
40:55elections
40:56of
40:562024
40:57if
40:58you
40:58look
40:58at
40:58these
40:58numbers
40:59Marianne
40:59we've
40:59got
40:59put
41:00the
41:00caveat
41:00that
41:00remember
41:01an
41:01assembly
41:02election
41:02is
41:02very
41:02different
41:03to
41:03Lok Sabah
41:03there
41:03are
41:03local
41:04factors
41:04that
41:04play
41:05but
41:05it's
41:05very
41:06clear
41:06look
41:06at
41:06the
41:06four
41:07poll
41:07bound
41:07states
41:08four
41:08big
41:08poll
41:09bound
41:09states
41:09you
41:09can
41:09add
41:10Puduchari
41:10of
41:10course
41:10but
41:11the
41:11four
41:11big
41:11poll
41:12bound
41:12states
41:12going
41:12to
41:13the
41:13polls
41:13in
41:13April
41:13the
41:14India
41:14alliance
41:14at
41:15the
41:15moment
41:15is
41:15ahead
41:15in
41:16three
41:16the
41:17numbers
41:17of
41:17Bengal
41:17may
41:18be
41:18a
41:18bit
41:18misleading
41:18because
41:19they
41:19add
41:19the
41:19TMC's
41:20vote
41:20along
41:21with
41:21the
41:21Congress
41:21they
41:21may
41:21not
41:22go
41:22into
41:22an
41:22alliance
41:23almost
41:23certainly
41:24not
41:24going
41:24to
41:24an
41:24alliance
41:24in
41:25those
41:25elections
41:25but
41:26broadly
41:26the
41:27India
41:27alliance
41:27is
41:28holding
41:28in
41:29terms
41:29of
41:29the
41:29number
41:29of
41:30seats
41:30they
41:30would
41:30win
41:30or
41:30the
41:31TMC
41:31is
41:31holding
41:31turn
41:32to
41:32Tamil
41:32Nadu
41:33if
41:33these
41:33numbers
41:34are
41:34right
41:34and
41:35Tamil
41:35Nadu
41:35has
41:36a
41:36twist
41:36in
41:36those
41:36numbers
41:37because
41:37the
41:38others
41:38have
41:38gone
41:39up
41:39substantially
41:39and
41:40who
41:40is
41:40the
41:40others
41:40that's
41:41which
41:41and
41:42the
41:42TBK
41:42so
41:43the
41:43TBK
41:43is
41:44the
41:44real
41:44X
41:44factor
41:45in
41:45Tamil
41:45Nadu
41:46and
41:46no
41:46one
41:47knows
41:47how
41:47that
41:47will
41:47play
41:48in
41:48Vidant
41:49Sabha
41:49will
41:49he
41:49be
41:49an
41:50NTR
41:50like
41:50figure
41:51first
41:51day
41:51first
41:52show
41:52box
41:52office
41:52eight
41:53but
41:53if
41:53these
41:53numbers
41:54hold
41:54DMK
41:55at
41:55the
41:55moment
41:55has
41:56the
41:56edge
41:56again
41:56so
41:57that's
41:57India
41:57alliance
41:57turn
41:58to
41:59Kerala
41:59where
41:59the
42:00BJP
42:00is
42:00growing
42:00in
42:01vote
42:01share
42:01but
42:01the
42:01bank
42:01is
42:01battle
42:01remains
42:02between
42:02the
42:02two
42:03main
42:03fronts
42:03UDF
42:04LDF
42:04and
42:04the
42:05UDF
42:05the
42:05Congress
42:06Red
42:06UDF
42:06as
42:06an
42:07advantage
42:07interestingly
42:07today
42:08Rahul
42:08Gandhi
42:09and
42:09Malikar
42:09Jun
42:09Kharge
42:10met
42:10Shashi
42:10Tharu
42:11a
42:11sign
42:11that
42:11they
42:12want
42:12to
42:12now
42:12present
42:13a
42:13much
42:13more
42:13united
42:14front
42:14the
42:15real
42:15and
42:16assam
42:16it's
42:17very
42:17clear
42:17as
42:17of
42:18now
42:18in
42:18a
42:18bipolar
42:18race
42:19advantage
42:19BJP
42:20so
42:21if
42:21you
42:21look
42:22at
42:22out
42:22of
42:22the
42:22four
42:22states
42:23three
42:23states
42:23are
42:24going
42:24to
42:24one
42:24of
42:24the
42:25India
42:25alliance
42:25parties
42:26when
42:27the
42:27results
42:28come
42:28out
42:28in
42:28May
42:28as
42:29per
42:29these
42:29polls
42:30one
42:30going
42:31to
42:31the
42:31beach
42:31and
42:32then
42:32Uttar
42:32Pradesh
42:33where
42:33the
42:33real
42:33turnaround
42:34is
42:34taking
42:34place
42:35and
42:35this
42:36and
42:36Maharashtra
42:36the
42:37states
42:37that
42:37are
42:37giving
42:38NDA
42:38more
42:38seats
42:39if
42:39Lok Sabha
42:40elections
42:40were held
42:40today
42:41but
42:41it
42:41should
42:41shows
42:42that
42:42in
42:42the
42:42next
42:42three
42:42months
42:43the
42:43opposition
42:43has
42:43opportunities
42:44the
42:45question
42:45is
42:45is
42:46the
42:46opposition
42:46good
42:47enough
42:47to
42:47capitalize
42:48on
42:48the
42:48opportunities
42:49we'll
42:49be
42:49doing
42:50discussing
42:50the
42:51opposition
42:51more
42:51closely
42:52but
42:52it
42:52also
42:53shows
42:53that
42:54different
42:54states
42:55of
42:55India
42:55still
42:56vote
42:56very
42:56very
42:57differently
42:57that
42:57this
42:58is
42:58not
42:58a
42:58country
42:59where
42:59one
43:00size
43:00fits
43:01all
43:01Raj
43:01Chengappa
43:02that
43:02as
43:02you
43:03go
43:03through
43:03states
43:03whether
43:04are
43:04regional
43:04bastions
43:05DMK
43:06even
43:07the
43:07TVK
43:07the
43:08UDF
43:09and LDF
43:10very
43:10regional
43:10parties
43:11in
43:11Canada
43:11TMC
43:12in
43:12Bengal
43:13Hemant
43:13a
43:14strong
43:14regional
43:14leader
43:15in
43:15Assam
43:16it
43:17almost
43:17seems
43:17that
43:18the
43:19nature
43:20of
43:20the
43:20election
43:21narrative
43:21changes
43:21then
43:22it's
43:22not
43:22about
43:22Mr.
43:22Modi
43:23it's
43:24about
43:24state
43:24factors
43:25exactly
43:26Raj
43:26deep
43:26and
43:27I
43:27agree
43:28with
43:28the
43:28caveat
43:28you
43:29put
43:29you
43:29can't
43:29really
43:29take
43:30these
43:30numbers
43:30and
43:30project
43:31it
43:31and
43:31think
43:31that
43:32this
43:32would
43:32work
43:32for
43:33the
43:33assembly
43:33polls
43:33they
43:33have
43:33vastly
43:34different
43:34issues
43:34let's
43:35not
43:35forget
43:35the
43:35mood
43:36of
43:36the
43:36nation
43:36is
43:36about
43:37national
43:37issues
43:38and
43:38therefore
43:38a lot
43:39of
43:39that
43:39begins
43:39to
43:39reflect
43:40in
43:40terms
43:40of
43:40the
43:40percentages
43:41but
43:41I
43:42think
43:42the
43:42larger
43:42message
43:43here
43:43is
43:43that
43:44if
43:44TMC
43:44is
43:45holding
43:45and
43:46the
43:47regional
43:48forces
43:48the
43:49regional
43:49chieftains
43:50are
43:50holding
43:51their
43:51ground
43:51which
43:52makes
43:52it
43:52very
43:52difficult
43:53for
43:53the
43:53BJP
43:54to
43:54penetrate
43:54these
43:54states
43:55because
43:55even
43:55at
43:55this
43:56time
43:56as
43:56you
43:56can
43:57see
43:57there
43:57is
43:57a
43:5710%
43:57vote
43:58gap
43:58in
43:59say
43:59West
43:59Bengal
44:00and
44:00of
44:01course
44:01Tamil Nadu
44:02BJP
44:02is
44:02not
44:02the
44:03real
44:03force
44:05that
44:05did
44:05work
44:06wants
44:07to
44:07be
44:07so
44:08if
44:08you
44:08look
44:08at
44:08this
44:09the
44:09big
44:10message
44:10is
44:10that
44:10the
44:11regional
44:11force
44:11are
44:11holding
44:12their
44:12ground
44:12the
44:13BJP
44:13will
44:13still
44:13even
44:14if
44:14the
44:14congress
44:14is
44:15on
44:15the
44:15decline
44:15as
44:15we've
44:16seen
44:16in
44:16the
44:16center
44:16it
44:17is
44:17these
44:17forces
44:18that
44:18is
44:18propping
44:18up
44:19the
44:19India
44:19alliance
44:19and
44:20of
44:20course
44:20we
44:20can't
44:20say
44:21more
44:21beyond
44:21that
44:21because
44:22finally
44:22it
44:22will
44:22be
44:23local
44:23issues
44:24local
44:24sort
44:25of
44:26assessments
44:27of
44:28how
44:28this
44:28particular
44:28government
44:29has
44:29done
44:29to
44:30determine
44:31who
44:31will
44:31win
44:31and
44:32interestingly
44:32also
44:33in
44:332024
44:34Rajdeep
44:34that
44:35narrative
44:36of
44:36Char
44:36So
44:36par
44:37made
44:38the
44:39NDA
44:39let
44:40BJP
44:41I'm
44:41here
44:41I
44:41should
44:41say
44:41BJP
44:42very
44:42complacent
44:43so
44:43the
44:43BJP
44:44supporters
44:44in
44:45a
44:45state
44:45such
44:45as
44:46Uttar Pradesh
44:46also
44:46realize
44:47it
44:47was
44:47a
44:47long
44:48election
44:48spread
44:49across
44:49several
44:50phases
44:50that
44:51should
44:51they
44:51really
44:51have
44:51to
44:52exercise
44:53the
44:53right
44:54to
44:54vote
44:54or
44:54wait
44:55because
44:55it
44:56will
44:56be
44:56challenging
44:56to
44:57you
44:56so
44:56par
44:57anyways
44:57so
44:57I
44:58think
44:58that
44:58complacency
44:59that
44:59the
45:00BJP
45:00had
45:01in
45:012020
45:014
45:01Lok Sabha
45:02elections
45:02they
45:03have
45:03tried
45:03to
45:03really
45:04repair
45:04done
45:06some
45:06kind
45:06of
45:06course
45:07correction
45:07gone
45:07back
45:08to
45:08the
45:08real
45:09drawing
45:10board
45:10to
45:10fix
45:11those
45:11problems
45:11and
45:12that's
45:12why
45:12we
45:13are
45:13seeing
45:13multiple
45:13state
45:14elections
45:14turn
45:14around
45:15absolutely
45:16and
45:16you
45:16know
45:16what has
45:16happened
45:17is
45:17I
45:17think
45:17it's
45:18very
45:18interesting
45:18in
45:18the
45:18run
45:19up
45:19to
45:192024
45:20the
45:20BJP
45:21was
45:21over
45:21confident
45:22in
45:22the
45:23post
45:232024
45:24scenario
45:25the
45:25opposition
45:26are
45:26most
45:26got
45:27complacent
45:27thought
45:28that
45:28if
45:28we
45:28done
45:28reasonably
45:29well
45:30reasonably
45:30well
45:31not
45:31as
45:31if
45:31they
45:31got
45:32some
45:32majority
45:32reasonably
45:33well
45:33that
45:33momentum
45:34will
45:34carry
45:34forward
45:35as
45:35we
45:35are
45:35seeing
45:35in
45:35a
45:36state
45:36like
45:36Pradesh
45:37clearly
45:37the
45:37BJP
45:38is
45:38done
45:38cost
45:38correction
45:39clearly
45:39the
45:39BJP
45:40is
45:40a
45:41party
45:41which
45:41is
45:41willing
45:42to
45:42be
45:42very
45:42flexible
45:43at
45:43times
45:43the
45:44congress
45:45on
45:45the
45:45other
45:45hand
45:45it's
45:46only
45:46now
45:46that
45:46you
45:46got
45:47Shashi
45:47Tharoor
45:47back
45:47on
45:48board
45:48so
45:48that
45:48you
45:49have
45:49a
45:49strong
45:49front
45:49in
45:50Kerala
45:50because
45:51you
45:51realized
45:51that
45:51some
45:52opinion
45:52polls
45:52are
45:52saying
45:53there
45:53is
45:53a
45:53Tharoor
45:53factor
45:54on
45:54the
45:54ground
45:55especially
45:55among
45:55the
45:55young
45:56you
45:56got
45:56to
45:56be
45:56very
45:57nimble
45:57and
45:57flexible
45:58in
45:58politics
45:59and
45:59I
45:59think
45:59that's
46:00something
46:00that
46:00the
46:00BJP
46:01has
46:01shown
46:01that
46:01it
46:01is
46:02but
46:02moment
46:02you
46:03go
46:03into
46:03state
46:03election
46:04and
46:04with
46:04regional
46:04players
46:05the
46:06BJP
46:06finds
46:06as
46:07we
46:07found
46:07in
46:07previous
46:08elections
46:08much
46:09tougher
46:09to
46:09take
46:09on
46:10regional
46:10parties
46:11then
46:11they
46:12have
46:12national
46:13party
46:13the
46:13congress
46:13almost
46:14seems
46:14as
46:14their
46:15perfect
46:15enemy
46:16their
46:16perfect
46:16opponent
46:17at
46:17times
46:17easier
46:18for
46:18them
46:18to
46:19take
46:19on
46:19the
46:19congress
46:19like
46:20in
46:20an
46:20Assam
46:21it
46:21appears
46:21in
46:22a
46:22bipolar
46:22fight
46:23than
46:23it
46:23is
46:23in
46:24an
46:24election
46:24when
46:24local
46:25factors
46:25and
46:25regional
46:26parties
46:26the
46:26counter
46:27can
46:27be
46:27that
46:28there
46:28was
46:28an
46:28important
46:29election
46:29in
46:29Bihar
46:30the
46:31challenger
46:31was
46:32a
46:32regional
46:32player
46:33but
46:34why
46:34was
46:34it
46:34not
46:34able
46:35to
46:35even
46:35put
46:35up
46:35a
46:36fight
46:36in
46:36the
46:37state
46:37because
46:37Mariya
46:38they
46:38had
46:38a
46:38regional
46:39leader
46:39in
46:39Nitish
46:40Kumar
46:41you
46:41see
46:41the
46:41BJP
46:42has
46:42different
46:43formulae
46:44for
46:44different
46:45states
46:45where
46:46you
46:46have
46:46a
46:46strong
46:46regional
46:47player
46:47against
46:47them
46:48you
46:48find
46:49a
46:49strong
46:50regional
46:50leader
46:50with
46:51whom
46:51you
46:51ally
46:51JD
46:52you
46:52brought
46:53a
46:53lot
46:53Nitish
46:54in
46:54particular
46:55brought
46:55a
46:55lot
46:56to
46:56the
46:56BJP
46:56's
46:56basket
46:57in
46:572025
47:00Bihar
47:01so
47:01I
47:01think
47:01the
47:01BJP
47:02has
47:02learned
47:02the
47:03art
47:03of
47:03how
47:03to
47:04fight
47:04elections
47:05now
47:05there
47:05could
47:05be
47:06different
47:06ways
47:06in
47:06different
47:06states
47:07I
47:08know
47:08that
47:08Sanju
47:08Verma
47:09will
47:09not
47:09like
47:09my
47:09using
47:10the
47:10word
47:10and
47:10she
47:10is
47:11welcome
47:11to
47:11respond
47:11to
47:12that
47:12but
47:12the
47:12BJP
47:13is
47:13an
47:13election
47:13machine
47:14I'm
47:14not
47:14saying
47:15that
47:15Sanju
47:15in
47:16a
47:16negative
47:16way
47:16but
47:18as
47:19you
47:19are
47:19seeing
47:19in
47:192025
47:20six
47:21in
47:22four
47:22of
47:22the
47:22three
47:23of
47:23the
47:23four
47:24states
47:24as
47:24of
47:25now
47:25the
47:25India
47:26alliance
47:26is
47:26ahead
47:27of
47:27you
47:27or
47:27as
47:27you
47:27call
47:28it
47:28the
47:28dot
47:28dot
47:28alliance
47:30you
47:32know
47:32Rajdeep
47:32I
47:33want
47:33to
47:34say
47:34one
47:34thing
47:34you
47:35know
47:35during
47:35MBA
47:36days
47:36our
47:37marketing
47:37professors
47:38told
47:39us
47:39that
47:39the
47:40worst
47:40thing
47:40you
47:40can
47:41do
47:41to
47:42a
47:42product
47:42which
47:43has
47:43failed
47:43is
47:45to
47:45refuse
47:45take
47:46that
47:46product
47:46off
47:47the
47:47shelf
47:47Rahul
47:48Gandhi
47:49under
47:49his
47:50belt
47:50has
47:5095
47:51plus
47:52electoral
47:52losses
47:53big
47:53and
47:53small
47:53to
47:54his
47:54credit
47:55or
47:55just
47:55credit
47:55as
47:56you
47:56will
47:56yet
47:57the
47:57Congress
47:58ecosystem
47:59feels
48:00Rahul
48:00Gandhi
48:01is
48:01the
48:01thing
48:02after
48:02brown
48:03bread
48:03and
48:04spaghetti
48:05can
48:05say
48:08one
48:08as
48:09you
48:09said
48:10it
48:10and
48:10even
48:10Maria
48:11BJP
48:12is
48:12not
48:12just
48:13you
48:13know
48:13an
48:14electoral
48:14juggernaut
48:15or
48:16an
48:16election
48:16machine
48:17I
48:17think
48:18we
48:19care
48:19fully
48:20analyze
48:20the
48:21electoral
48:21factors
48:22in
48:22every
48:23given
48:23state
48:24we
48:24know
48:24that
48:24what
48:25works
48:25in
48:25UP
48:26will
48:26not
48:26work
48:26in
48:26Haryana
48:27what
48:27works
48:28in
48:28Maharashtra
48:28will
48:29not
48:29work
48:29in
48:29Madhya
48:30Pradesh
48:30what
48:30works
48:31in
48:31Goa
48:31will
48:32certainly
48:32not
48:32work
48:33in
48:33West
48:33Bengal
48:34going
48:34forward
48:34that
48:35is
48:35the
48:35second
48:35point
48:36but
48:36the
48:36third
48:36and
48:37the
48:37most
48:38important
48:38point
48:39you
48:39can
48:39call
48:40me
48:40a
48:40Modi
48:40cheer
48:41leader
48:41you
48:41can
48:42call
48:42me
48:42a
48:42Modi
48:42and
48:43I
48:43really
48:44don't
48:44care
48:44when
48:44I
48:45say
48:45you
48:45I
48:45mean
48:45the
48:46ecosystem
48:46not
48:47Radheep
48:47specifically
48:48the
48:49fact
48:49of
48:49the
48:49matter
48:50is
48:50on
48:51the
48:51one
48:51hand
48:51you
48:52have
48:52a
48:52man
48:52called
48:53Narendra
48:53Modi
48:53who's
48:54working
48:5420
48:54years
48:55and
48:55he
48:5424
48:557
48:55on
48:56the
48:56other
48:56hand
48:57you
48:57have
48:57a
48:57prime
48:58ministerial
48:58aspirant
48:59in
48:59Rahul
48:59Dandi
49:00who
49:00before
49:01the
49:01Bihar
49:01election
49:02campaign
49:02was
49:03in
49:03Malaysia
49:03in
49:04the
49:04middle
49:04of
49:04the
49:05Bihar
49:05election
49:05campaign
49:06was
49:06in
49:06Peru
49:06this
49:07is
49:08not
49:09said
49:09seconds
49:10please
49:10bear
49:10with
49:10me
49:10please
49:11in
49:12the
49:12middle
49:12of
49:12the
49:13Bihar
49:13campaign
49:14Rajdeep
49:15Sarvesai
49:16my
49:16good
49:16friend
49:16Rahul
49:17Gandhi
49:17was
49:18in
49:18Peru
49:18Brazil
49:19and
49:19Colombia
49:19the
49:20opposition
49:20winning
49:21three
49:21of
49:21the
49:21whole
49:21state
49:22ma'am
49:22we
49:23have
49:24time
49:24limits
49:25Rahul
49:25Gandhi
49:25we
49:26are
49:26going
49:26to
49:26discuss
49:26Rahul
49:28Gandhi
49:29madam
49:30madam
49:30I
49:30am
49:31only
49:31asking
49:31you
49:31to
49:32assess
49:32the
49:32four
49:32state
49:33finding
49:33that
49:34Rajesh
49:34you
49:34see
49:35the
49:35opposition
49:36no
49:36this
49:36is
49:37unfair
49:37ten
49:38seconds
49:38please
49:38no
49:39no
49:39every
49:39thing
49:39cannot
49:39be
49:40unfair
49:40ten
49:41seconds
49:41exactly
49:42ten
49:42yes
49:42yes
49:43and
49:44without
49:44you
49:44interjecting
49:45hold
49:46your
49:46horses
49:47you
49:48know
49:49in
49:49the
49:49you
49:49middle
49:49of
49:49the
49:49Bihar
49:50elections
49:50Rahul
49:50Gandhi
49:51Peru
49:51Brazil
49:52Colombia
49:52and
49:52after
49:52Bihar
49:53elections
49:53when
49:53he
49:54got
49:54sick
49:54six
49:54out
49:54of
49:5461
49:55seats
49:55I
49:55would
49:55have
49:56thought
49:56he
49:56will
49:56stand
49:57shoulder
49:57to
49:57shoulder
49:57with
49:58his
49:58Congress
49:58Karya
49:59Karta
49:59but
49:59he
50:00was
50:00holiday
50:00in
50:01Muscat
50:02you
50:02are
50:02not
50:02there
50:03when
50:04they
50:04lose
50:04you
50:05are
50:05not
50:05there
50:05when
50:06you
50:06are
50:07up
50:07ma'am
50:08you
50:08are
50:08not
50:08answering
50:08why
50:09the opposition
50:09doing
50:10so
50:10well
50:10in
50:11the
50:11state
50:11elections
50:12coming
50:12up
50:12I
50:13just
50:13want
50:13Brajesh
50:14Kalap
50:14to
50:14Brajesh
50:15Kalap
50:15is
50:15there
50:15a
50:16if
50:17these
50:17results
50:17hold
50:18there
50:18are
50:18loksabha
50:18findings
50:19and
50:19therefore
50:20the
50:20sample
50:20size
50:21is
50:21also
50:21smaller
50:21but
50:22if
50:22these
50:22findings
50:23hold
50:23is
50:24there
50:24do
50:24you
50:25believe
50:25the
50:25India
50:25alliance
50:26is
50:26still
50:26alive
50:27or
50:27do
50:28you
50:28believe
50:28the
50:28India
50:28alliance
50:29will
50:29have
50:29to
50:29be
50:29reinvented
50:30a
50:30quick
50:30answer
50:30see
50:32Rajdeep
50:32as far
50:33as
50:33the
50:33India
50:33alliance
50:33is
50:33concerned
50:34your
50:34figures
50:34are
50:35showing
50:35what
50:36the
50:36likely
50:36results
50:36are
50:37going
50:37to
50:37be
50:37but
50:38as
50:38far
50:38as
50:38you
50:39comment
50:40about
50:41Rahul
50:41Gandhi
50:41first
50:42of
50:42all
50:42she
50:42has
50:42to
50:43make
50:43up
50:43her
50:43mind
50:43is
50:43she
50:44a
50:44well
50:44vision
50:44of
50:44the
50:45congress
50:45party
50:45why
50:46is
50:46she
50:46thinking
50:46so
50:46much
50:47about
50:47the
50:47congress
50:47party
50:48and
50:48its
50:48leadership
50:49let
50:49us
50:49focus
50:49on
50:50what
50:50the
50:50BJP
50:50is
50:51they
50:51need
50:52not
50:52lecture
50:52us
50:53on
50:53who
50:53we
50:53are
50:53going
50:53to
50:53make
50:54us
50:54a
50:54leader
50:54in
50:552014
50:55you
50:56know
50:56none
50:57of
50:57you
50:57are
50:57explained
50:58none
50:58of
50:58you
50:58you
50:59know
50:59you
50:59focus
50:59on
51:00Rahul
51:00Gandhi
51:00none
51:01of
51:01you
51:01are
51:01explaining
51:02to
51:02me
51:02which
51:02I
51:02would
51:03have
51:03liked
51:03to
51:03hear
51:04why
51:04is
51:04it
51:04that
51:05the
51:05opposition
51:05seems
51:06to
51:06be
51:06doing
51:06well
51:07in
51:07states
51:08with
51:08strong
51:08regional
51:09satraps
51:09then
51:10what
51:10about
51:10Mr.
51:10Modi
51:11we
51:11all
51:11expected
51:12in
51:132014
51:13that
51:14Mr.
51:14Vardwani
51:14will
51:14become
51:15the
51:15prime
51:15minister
51:15how
51:16did
51:16Mr.
51:16Modi
51:17come
51:17over
51:17so
51:18is
51:18he
51:18also
51:19a
51:19selected
51:19prime
51:19minister
51:20so
51:20leave
51:21us
51:21to
51:21our
51:21affairs
51:22let
51:22congressman
51:23decide
51:24whom
51:24we
51:24are
51:24going
51:24to
51:24have
51:25as
51:25a
51:25leader
51:25we
51:26heard
51:27you
51:27we
51:28heard
51:28both
51:28sides
51:29none
51:29of
51:29you
51:30are
51:30trying
51:30to
51:30explain
51:31you
51:31see
51:31that's
51:31why
51:31we
51:32are
51:32trying
51:32to
51:32analyze
51:32the
51:32numbers
51:33before
51:33us
51:34prime
51:34minister
51:35Modi
51:35ratings
51:35are
51:36very
51:36high
51:36as
51:37of
51:37now
51:37in
51:38the
51:38opposition
51:38rules
51:39states
51:39at
51:39the
51:39moment
51:40or
51:40states
51:41of
51:41the
51:41India
51:41alliance
51:41the
51:42India
51:42alliance
51:42is
51:42holding
51:43and
51:43that
51:44is
51:44interesting
51:44because
51:44it
51:45shows
51:45the
51:45difference
51:45between
51:46the
51:46way
51:46there
51:46is
51:47a
51:47perception
51:47of
51:47prime
51:48minister
51:48Modi
51:48or
51:49national
51:49issues
51:49and
51:50how
51:50state
51:50issues
51:51are
51:51perceived
51:51by
51:52the
51:52same
51:52voters
51:52and
51:53maybe
51:53that
51:53reflects
51:54in
51:54a
51:54way
51:55Indian
51:55democracy
51:56hopefully
51:57as
51:57a
51:57much
51:58more
51:58diverse
51:58democracy
51:59than
51:59we
51:59sometimes
52:00imagine
52:00I
52:01want
52:01to
52:01take
52:01a
52:01break
52:02because
52:03we
52:03we'll
52:04go
52:04back
52:04to
52:04the
52:04opposition
52:04and
52:05Rahul
52:05Grandi
52:05in a
52:05moment
52:06every
52:06mood
52:07of
52:07the
52:07nation
52:07poll
52:08invariably
52:08ends
52:09up
52:09with
52:09Rahul
52:10Gandhi
52:10as
52:10a
52:10central
52:11figure
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