Congress faces an urban voter backlash

The widespread anti-government protests in Delhi and other cities across the country suggest that the urban wave which brought the UPA to power in 2009 might be turning against it. While the Congress appears to be directing its energies towards the rural masses through a slew of welfare schemes, such as direct cash transfer, the BJP has sensed that it can come back to power riding on this urban discontent. According to the 2011 Census, one in every three Indians now lives in an urban habitat.

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