"In 3 States...": Piyush Goyal's Prediction For BJP in Assembly Elections

Piyush Goyal said he is confident the BJP will see a landslide win in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, while the party is "clearly ahead in Chhattisgarh" and Madhya Pradesh "will return to BJP"

Union Minister Piyush Goyal is in the US attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), but is keeping a close watch on the assembly elections in five states back home. He spoke to NDTV on the sidelines of the APEC summit on the elections and what the BJP has so far determined the results would be like.

Mr Goyal said he is confident the party will see a landslide win in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, while the party is "clearly ahead in Chhattisgarh" and Madhya Pradesh "will return to BJP".

Opinion polls and analysts have predicted the BJP would win in Rajasthan, lose in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, while Mizoram is unclear and the battle in Telangana is mainly between the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Congress.