Cong fails to capitalise on 2018 wins; BJP set to sweep 3 heartland states

Trends indicate Congress has failed to capitalise on the momentum it gained last year after winning the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Assembly polls

With counting underway for Lok Sabha elections 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on its way to wrest back the key Hindi heartland states it had lost to the Congress in the Assembly elections last year, proving BJP President Amit Shah's remarks after the 2018 loss true.

Addressing the BJP National Council in January 2019, Amit Shah had said that although the party had lost in the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, it had not been defeated yet. 

According to agency reports, Shah had said: "Recently, three election results were not good. But I want