Congress and BJP locked in a battle for State Assemblies

The outcome of the elections to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Telangana and Chhattisgarh assemblies will be a test of the electoral strategy of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In five states where counting is underway, the Congress party is leading in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan while the BJP is fighting back in Madhya Pradesh.
In Telangana, the TRS will form government, as they have already crossed the halfway mark in leads.
In Mizoram, the MNF is leading by a huge margin and is likely to come to power.
For Telangana, exit polls have been divided between the TRS and the Congress-led opposition alliance. If these forecasts hold true, the Congress which has been losing state after state since the 2014 elections.