Its double whammy for Congress leadership,while the street report on Rahul has very little optimism, with chances of many rallies cancelled or rescheduled for lack of sufficient gathering, on the other hand, the Modi watchers among Congress are stunned by the rise of opposition leader Narendra Modi, India's ruling Congress party is limping into a clutch of state elections, underlining the struggle it may face to retain power when the nation votes next year.
The opinion polls and surveys on state assemblies predicting as per the last report, that Modi's BJP could win as many as four of the five states going to the polls over the coming month.As the results of the state polls,expected to be declared on Dec. 8, will largely depend on local leaders and issues, but still it is well argued that a strong showing for the BJP will boost the momentum for Modi in the run-up to the national election in 2014.
Amulya Ganguli, a political commentator summed the mood in Congress camp said, "Congress is certainly very nervous because it has seen how the popular mood continues to be against it,".
BJP spokeswoman Meenakshi Lekhi optimistically commented on Congress, "They have given up the battle. They know they have no future,".
But the bombshell was dropped by the Goldman Sachs last week while upgraded its stance on Indian equities, noting in a report titled "Modi-fying our view" that optimism over the BJP leader's chances had trumped concerns about economic problems such as high inflation and a fiscal gap.
Furious over the report, the Congress party accused the investment bank of interfering in India's politics, when Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said,"Goldman is parading its ignorance about the basic facts of the Indian economy, and it also exposes its eagerness to mess around with India's domestic politics," .
The heat is blowing above the head of more and more Congress leaders, when it was not a coincidence that both the finance minister and commerce minister choose to comment on the same time, while sharply criticising the international economic analyst Goldman Sachs, that carried the share market related report, "Modi-fying our view", rubbing salt on their distorted tampers .
INDIA HONEST wonders, will this nervousness of top Congress leaders, will force them to throw the towel early and go for early poll to halt the advancement of Modi, before it is too late ?