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In a run through several Uttar Pradesh districts before the elections, one was amazed at the clear analysis by the reporters in each town about the way the results could go. Each of them was certain the momentum was certainly with the BJP and demonetisation did not matter with the local people, as an element of discomfort.
None of these reporters, from Kannuaj to Mirzapur dithered in their analysis of what ailed the state—it was the lack of development. And, they said the people wanted to hear if those would change.
In fact, the telling sign on the walls of
