After readers predict Congress-NCP win in the Assembly elections, experts say it is because Raj Thackeray's three-year-old party will eat into BJP-Shiv Sena votes

The Congress-NCP is likely to come back to power. That's what a majority of the 220 people that MiD DAY spoke to in Mumbai and Pune said yesterday.

And the reason why the anti-incumbency factor won't work is the MNS eating into the Shiv Sena's votes, hence improving the chances of the Congress-NCP combine. Over 50 per cent of the people spoke in favour of the Congress.

And the preference for the MNS (12 per cent in Mumbai and 20 per cent in Pune) compared to the Sena (26 per cent in Mumbai and 30 per cent in Pune) indicates Raj Thackeray's party eating into the vote bank of his former party.

MiD DAY's findings is corroborated by noted psephologist and political commentator Dilip Sarwate, who feels that MNS will play spoilsport for the BJP-Shiv Sena combine.

Poll Baby Poll:u00a0MNS president Raj Thackeray. While 120 voters were questioned in Mumbai, 100 voters were questioned in Pune