India News: Mohan Yadav, the Chief Minister designate of Madhya Pradesh, announced that the oath ceremony for the new government will take place on December 13. Y
Most exit polls for Madhya Pradesh, where the ruling BJP was facing anti-incumbency of close to two decades, and Chhattisgarh had predicted a close finish and, possibly, a win for the Congress.
The BJP s lead in the Assembly polls for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh indicating a land-slide victory, has made the West Bengal unit more optimistic of its prospects in the state, with a section of leaders going to the extent of predicting collapse of the Trinamool Congress rule.
The Congress is poised to win Telangana for the first time in a shock for the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi which was in power in India's youngest state for the past 10 years.