The saffron party has bagged 28 of 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 24 of 25 in Rajasthan and nine of 11 in Chhattisgarh.

Till two decades ago, many villagers in remote Bastar areas relied more on the barter of goods than on currency.

'If more and more sons and daughters of top politicians get tickets, where will the self-made honest youngsters join up?'

Scion of royal family of Sarguia, 61-year old Dev, defeated BJP's Anurag Singh Deo by 19,558 votes.

The rival Congress is battling to pin his arm onto the table in one of the most familiar combat sport in Indian politics: populism.

"Presently, we have won 11 of the 12 Assembly seats in Bastar. With Kamal joining the party, we hope to do a lot better," he said.

It’s a story of how successive governments have dealt with tribals and their grievances in the region.