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Lok Sabha election 2019 is turning out to be unpredictable, for now

This could well be a peoples' election because political parties do not seem to be calling the shots

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Voters show their identity cards as they stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their vote for the state assembly elections in Jodhpur. Photo: PTI

Bharat Bhushan

6 min read Last Updated : Mar 25 2019 | 8:07 AM IST

There is a strange uncertainty before the coming general election. Political pundits are hedging their bets by not declaring an outright victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi or his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). There is also no visible traction for the Opposition which has failed to come together on a single platform. This could well be a peoples’ election because political parties do not seem to be calling the shots.

The only certainty for the ruling party is that it would be difficult to repeat its performance of 2014 when it won 282 seats in the Lok Sabha.

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