Will MP, Chhattisgarh Rejig Help Congress In 2024 Lok Sabha Polls? Here's What ABP-CVoter Survey Says

ABP CVoter Survey: Will the Congress gain from its reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh? Will

While Jitu Patwari (right) replaced Kamal Nath as the president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress unit, Sachin Pilot (left) was appointed the party's general secretary in charge of Chhattisgarh.

The Congress's defeat in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh prompted the grand old party to rethink its strategy for the Lok Sabha elections next year and change its state leadership team. While Jitu Patwari replaced Kamal Nath as the president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress unit, Sachin Pilot was appointed the party's general secretary in charge of Chhattisgarh.

However, whether these moves will bear any fruit is a closely contested debate. A recent ABP-Cvoter opinion poll conducted among 13,115 adults has revealed that the number of respondents agreeing with "whether Congress's leadership changes in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after the assembly election results will benefit the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections," was nearly equal to those who did not. While 43% of the respondents said that the leadership reshuffle in Congress would help the party in the Lok Sabha polls next year, 44.8% felt that it would not.

After the thrashing by BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge decided to rejig the leadership in the two states, along with some others. As part of this, general secretary in charge of Assam Jitendra Singh was given the additional charge of Madhya Pradesh.

What Social Groups Feel About Congress Rejig

Interestingly, 68% of the Muslims polled said that the changes would definitely help the Congress and 21.1% said that they wouldn't. Similarly, 55.7% of the Christians polled said that the reshuffle in the party's leadership would help it in 2024 and 34.7% said that it wouldn't.

In contrast, 56% of the upper-caste Hindus polled said that the rejig would not help the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, while 30.6% said that it would.

 

[Disclaimer: Current survey findings and projections are based on CVoter Opinion Poll CATI interviews (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) conducted among 18+ adults statewide, all confirmed voters, details of which are mentioned right below the projections as of December 22. The data is weighted to the known demographic profile of the States. Sometimes the table figures do not sum to 100 due to the effects of rounding. The final data file has Socio-Economic profile within +/- 1% of the Demographic profile of the State. We believe this will give the closest possible trends. The sample spread is across all Assembly segments in the poll bound state. Margin of Error is +/- 3% at macro level and +/- 5% at micro level VOTE SHARE projection with 95% Confidence interval.]