The Congress and its supporters may be chanting 'bye, bye TRS', but the road to victory requires a huge shift in voters from the BRS to the Congress.

Will it be the last word in this battle of buying voters with 'freebies' and promises of better infrastructure? Can the PM's popularity rescue the BJP in MP despite a sense of voter fatigue with chief minister Shivraj Chauhan? Or is it too late?

The steady voteshare of the Congress, at 40%, despite breakaway parties, and the annihilation of its leadership in the bomb attack of 2013 probably gives some confidence to Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel that he will be able to hold off the BJP challenge.