A member of the Barathtiya Janatha Party (BJP) holds a placard with the image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during BJP celebrations for Modi's 70th birthday, in Chennai on Sept 17, 2020. - AFP
NEW DELHI (Bloomberg): India is battling one of the world's highest coronavirus caseloads, its worst-ever economic slump, shuttered factories, farmer protests and the deadliest border fighting with China in decades. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to remain as popular as ever.
Opinion polls in Bihar, where from Oct 28 to Nov 7 he faces his first major electoral test since the pandemic, show his coalition comfortably retaining control of the state government. A separate India Today, Mood of the Nation, poll in August said 78 per cent rated his performance as "good to outstanding" compared with 71 per cent last year.
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