Having travelled around the country this time, I can tell you that anyone who predicts a number with any certainty is a charlatan,” said Ruchir Sharma at the Express Adda Wednesday evening. “I don’t think this country has been as polarised at a caste level, a religion level, a region level and a leader level as it is now,” he said. Stating that no single factor can decidedly predict the outcome of these elections, Sharma used Priyanka Gandhi’s appointment as eastern UP’s Congress general secretary as a case in point. Because if by chance the Congress has a meaningful vote share increase, it will come from the Mahagatbandhan’s vote bank. At the Express Adda, Sharma was in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director of The Express Group, and Vandita Mishra, Nation Opinion Editor of The Indian Express.

Source: Indian Express May 09, 2019 23:48 UTC