From focusing on 'padyatras' for building a mass connect to reviving the morale of party workers, the credit for reversing the fortunes of Congress in Chhattisgarh goes to Bhupesh Baghel, a streetfighter who took the BJP regime head on in the run-up to the election. 

The former minister in Digvijaya's Singh cabinet in Madhya Pradesh had a steep task ahead of him as he had to rebuild from scratch after a fatal Maoist attack in Darba of Bastar district wiped out the entire state leadership in 2013.