Singh and Lodhi will vote when their Lok Sabha constituency, Damoh, goes to the polls on Monday. And, in this parched backyard of Madhya Pradesh, it appears that the political discussion is limited strictly to questions of bijli (power), pani (water) and farm loans. The BJP had won 27 of the 29 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the 2014 general elections. At the BJP office in Damoh, party functionary Pintu Thakur says, “People will vote for Modi. In the seat, the BJP candidate and sitting MP Prahlad Patel is taking on Congress’ Pratap Singh Lodhi, ex-MLA from Jabera.

Source: Hindustan Times May 05, 2019 02:37 UTC