Daleel with SP Singh — Exit polls, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh - Predicting 2019?
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Channel: PTC NEWS · 2018 · News & Politics
https://www.ptcnews.tv Hours before the results will be out on December 11, 2018, the exit polls have thrown up a mixed bag, and all eyes are on the final outcome in Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Rajasthan, besides Telangana and Mizoram, but what is even more important is the portends it contains about 2019. We discuss the possibilities with academician/commentator Prof Rajiv Lochan and senior journalist and columnist Sanjeev Pandey in this sober conversation. Significantly, the BJP holds 62 Lok Sabha seats out of 65 in these three Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Rajasthan. Will Narendra Modi be able to sweep it in 2019 also? For the Congress, it is very important to prove that in run-up to 2019, it will remain the natural pivot for any possible pan-Indian alliance against the BJP. Panelists discuss if Rahul Gandhi confused his message by visiting temples, promising to construct gaushalas in every panchayat or lending tacit support against the SC verdict on Sabarimala. This is the time of reckoning. If he fails to put together a narrative which takes into account the plurality of India, then Hindutva forces will consign him to the dustbins of history. Rahul Gandhi is assuaging anxieties of the Hindu upper castes, who have always harboured a suspicion of the Congress These campaigns were fought largely on conventional regional and local issues of public service provision, corruption, joblessness. National themes not used much. How much predictive value do such battles have for the Mahabharat in 2019? This episode was first telecast on December 9, 2018. Feedback, suggestions welcome at [email protected]. Also, please help spread the word about DALEEL, an effort at cerebral television in times of dumbing down of the news media. Thank you for watching. DALEEL WITH SP SINGH is ordinarily telecast every Sunday at 8 pm on PTC News. The repeat telecast is at 2 pm the next day, Monday. Please check listings as TV channels often change schedules without notice. So, check out the time, and since it may still change, do not bet your money on it.
