Assam/Uttar Pradesh/Madhya Pradesh: On a hot and dusty summer afternoon in the sleepy village of Kalidevi in Madhya Pradesh’s tribal-dominated Jhabua district, Vijay Katara and Aman Damore, both in their late 20s, sip buttermilk and discuss the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. “We support Modiji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi). Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has done a lot of work. From good roads to houses, and gas cylinders to water," says Damore, as Katara nods. “More importantly, Mamaji (as former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is known) did some excellent work, and his schemes, especially Ladli Behna Yojana, have reached everyone. So, the BJP government both in the state and Centre have together given the needy a lot of suvidha (facilities)."

       Over 2,000km away in Kaziranga, Assam, Rubika Ingtipi, 25, a vegetable seller from Karbi Anglong, echoes similar sentiments. “We get help under the (state government’s flagship) Orunodoi scheme, along with benefits from other welfare policies. Roads have become much better. That is all we ask of any government. And that is why right now, I like Modi and BJP," she says.

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