The 2019 elections are on in full swing. Political campaigning has gone into overdrive. The ruling BJP government has spared little expense to mobilise support in these last crucial days.

Will the strengthened push convert into votes for the BJP and a return to power?

After the first phase of polls on 11 April, a C-VOTER-IANS Tracker survey showed that the ruling BJP’s popularity has taken a dip.

How has popular opinion changed? What does voter turnout in phase 1 of the polls indicate? That’s the topic of today’s big story podcast. We're joined by CSDS director Sanjay Kumar, on this podcast.