India, April 27 -- As I meet voters, party workers and politicians, I get the sense that fear-mongering and lies are afoot this election season, along with freebies.

In today's full-front-page advertisement in The Times of India, the BJP has warned the backward caste voters that Congress will add Muslims to their reservation list, essentially eating into their quota.

On the other hand, Congress has warned the nation that BJP will do away with the Constitution.

Unlike 2014, which was about development, this election has suddenly fallen back to religion.

To some extent, BJP still has an element of 'vikas', unlike Congress, which, instead of vehemently talking about job creation and development, is still stuck in 'defeat Modi' mode.

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