Congress turns to data to fight 543 distinct battles in 2019 LS polls

Asks 1.5 million workers to send poll slogans

The Congress said based on its internal survey, it believes there was enough dissatisfaction on the ground against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to turn the 2019 Lok Sabha elections into 543 distinct contests fought on constituency-specific concerns of livelihood, and not, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intends, on a single nationwide plank of nationalism and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership.

As it plans to roll out its election campaign in the first half of March, the Congress has asked 1.5 million of its most committed workers across India to coin slogans for the polls in their respective mother