Bhakts cannot give the true picture.

It is impossible to judge the economic performance of the BJP government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi because, "Not only are many official numbers under a cloud, over the past couple of years, a small-scale industry fuelled by WhatsApp forwards has built up a narrative around India's growth story," wrote V Kaul. This is because of an army of 'bhakts', meaning 'devotees' who are unwilling to accept any negative about Modi and are willing to accept a declaration of Emergency, giving total powers to Modi.  Modi does not tolerate any questioning or criticism of his actions and accused the opposition of reaching an agreement with Pakistan to remove him from power. "It upsets me that certain people living in the country speak the language of Pakistan. These are the people who went to Pakistan and said 'do anything, but remove Modi from power..." A claim repeated by one of his ministers who blamed the Congress. N Datta compiled a glossary of words used by Modi bhakts to show their support and abuse opponents. The government also has a record of suppressing data it does not like or of blatantly massaging figures to give a favorable appearance of its record. "In fact, any statistics that cast an iota of doubt on the achievement of the government seem to get revised or suppressed on the basis of some questionable methodology," said a letter written by 108 economists. Several myths have been spread by bhakts on WhatsApp, namely the Indian economy is growing faster than China's and that ours is the sixth largest economy in the world. "India's GDP in 2017 was $2.63 trillion. China had a similar GDP of $2.64 trillion back in 2002." But, China grew by 8.49%, 8.34% and 9.13% in 2000, 2001 and 2002, "and between 2003 and 2007, the country saw a rate of economic growth greater that 10%". In 2017, China's economy grew by 6.9% adding $650 billion to its GDP, while the Indian economy grew by 6.68% in the same year, adding a paltry $16 billion to GDP. The UK has a GDP of $2.81 trillion with a population of 66 million, while our economy is $2.63 trillion with a population of 1,340 million, which means that India is at 147 in the world on GDP per capita. The government released a back series data on the GDP which shows that growth during its tenure is much higher than during the previous Congress-led government. That has been questioned by economists. The government suppressed the jobs data showing rising unemployment, causing the the Chairman of the National Statistical Commission PC Mohanan to resign. Bhakts on WhatsApp can surely intimidate people. But, can they win the election for Modi? Or will angry people vote against? Answer in a couple of months.