Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: BJP battles anti-incumbency, falling growth

Though Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh has focused on education, health and family welfare, there is still a long way to go

On Monday, when 18 of the 90 seats go to polls in Chhattisgarh, three-time Chief Minister Raman Singh may be a little worried. After all, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) barely scraped through with a lead of 0.7 per cent votes over the Congress in 2013. 

What favours him is a fragmented opposition, as main rival Congress is contesting alone and an alliance between the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the newly formed Chhattisgarh Janata Congress may have little impact. And, of course, an economy which isn't doing very badly. 

According to data from Niti Aayog, Chhattisgarh's Gross State Domestic