JOIN USThe government and the BJP gave themselves a thumbs up as Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed three years in office.
A detailed progress report of the performance of the government was released, which said that its popularity rating is at 81%.
According to narendramodi.in, only 29% of people were happy with the way things were going in the country in 2013. By 2016, the figure went up to 65%, the report said.
It also said 80% of people are happy with the government’s handling of the economy. A confident BJP president Amit Shah said the popularity ratings of Modi and BJP cannot be segregated.
“BJP is not separate from Modi and Modi is not separate from BJP,” he said, dismissing critics who have said the party is piggy-riding on Modi’s leadership.
Shah said his party will score a bigger victory in the next Lok Sabha polls than it had in the 2014 elections, asserting that India will emerge as a “great nation” in various fields under Modi’s leadership.
He said the BJP will surpass its previous records, with a better performance in states like West Bengal, Kerala, Telangana and Odisha, where it had won fewer seats in 2014.