Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury provides an in-depth analysis of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections after four phases of polling. He highlights the lack of significant turnout surge for the BJP, the failure of the BJP’s campaign tactics to deflect attention from pressing issues, and the growing connect between the public and the INDIA bloc parties due to the content of the campaign. Yechury predicts losses for the BJP in several states and draws similarities between the current election and 2004 when issues like the economy and alternative policies took center stage. He emphasizes the importance of addressing people’s day-to-day concerns and warns against communal polarization attempts by the BJP.