Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on track to comfortably win a third term in elections next year due to his personal popularity . The popularity of main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has risen and a new party opposition alliance called INDIA is expected to do well .
Modi is far ahead of Gandhi with a point lead as the candidate bestsuited to be Indias next prime minister . Retail inflation hit a month high of . per cent in July pushed by soaring food price inflation which rose to . .pc its highest in more than threeandahalf years .
India is the worlds fastest growing large economy but an unemployment rate that has stayed around . around pc in recent months is considered a major challenge . Economists say India needs to create million new jobs over the next years but only m will likely be created .
The INDIA alliance includes powerful regional parties with a strong base in the south and east where the BJP is weak. It also said Gandhi is bestsuite to revive the fortunes of his party. Gandhi is however seen to have revived his image after a fivemonthlong unify India march across the country that he set out on in September last year .
He is seen to has revived his own image after five months of unifying India march around the country . Congress party leader Gandhi the survey said got his highest approval rating in four years . The survey said said he is also said to have got his .
highest approval approval rating of four years with his highest appeal rating in three years . Inmates were polled between July and Aug. The India Today poll. The survey was conducted between July to Aug. and August. The poll was conducted on July and Oct.
2013. It was also said they were polled for July and Sept. 2014.
