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The election season is no less than ‘Dhanteras’ for auto companies. Sales of vehicles have broken records in this election period. Vehicles of certain segments are selling very well. Or we can say that politicians’ favorite SUVs have been sold the most in these three months.
Between January and March, three big companies in the SUV segment sold a total of 42,406 vehicles in the state. In this, the share of favorite vehicles of leaders is more than 40 percent. That means, in these three months, about 17 thousand vehicles have been purchased by personalities who interfere in politics.
This increase is more than 30 percent compared to January-March last year. SUV vehicles have a different status in the political world. From councillor, village head to MP and minister, SUVs are popular among both official and non-official vehicles.
2024 is the year of Lok Sabha elections. The result of this is that compared to the last two years, seven seater SUV vehicles were sold in large numbers between January and March this year. Interestingly, there has been a surge in the sales of tractors and e-rickshaws during the election season. E-rickshaw sales more than doubled in two years. There has also been an increase of 50 percent in tractor sales.