<p>The government and the BJP gave themselves a thumbs up as Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed three years in office.<br /><br />A detailed progress report of the performance of the government was released, which said that its popularity rating is at 81%.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />“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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>
<p>The government and the BJP gave themselves a thumbs up as Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed three years in office.<br /><br />A detailed progress report of the performance of the government was released, which said that its popularity rating is at 81%.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />“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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.</p>
