It's politics over economy in Congress manifestoes for MP & Chhattisgarh

With the party no longer a major player in UP and Bihar, it must win or improve vote share in MP and Chhattisgarh in order to challenge BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Unlike Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, which slipped out of the Congress party’s grasp after 1989, undivided Madhya Pradesh continued to be its stronghold at least until 2003. But the party has failed to win a single assembly election ever since Madhya Pradesh was bifurcated and Chhattisgarh was created. 

A perusal of the Congress party’s manifestoes for the two states would suggest its keenness to make a comeback to power in Bhopal and Raipur. The manifestoes were released last week, and have make some interesting promises to the people of the two states, including farm loan waivers in both states and