Righteous anger makes him stonger. Embrace him.

 Apparently, strong anti-incumbency is expected as counting gets underway in Bihar assembly election, "but Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to remain popular in the state, the election campaign showed", wrote R Verma and A Barthwal. "Data from WVS (World Values Survey) shows that a sizeable chunk of both Hindus and Muslim voters desire a strong leader who does not care much about parliamentary norms or elections." It is this perception that allows Modi to lie his way out of every situation. Thus, even though migrants were forced to walk hundreds of miles following sudden lockdown, many dying on the way, they do not blame Modi for their ordeal. Once there is 'vishwas', which means 'faith', people tend to believe everything, wrote PB Mehta. "Faith in a leader is deeply facilitated by nationalism: The leader as the simplified embodiment of unity, will and purpose. Behind this phenomenon of producing vishwas is an extraordinary machinery of communication, which literally employs as many elements in a communicative tool as there are feathers in a dancing peacock: From semiotic command of images to a saturation with messages; from good-old-fashioned hard-working party outreach to literal control of the media." Indians love oppressors. "The chances of winning for a candidate with declared criminal cases in the Lok Sabha 2019 is 15.5 percent whereas for a candidate with a clean background, it is 4.7 percent," wrote Anand Patel. "Over time, many Indian voters -- faced with a state unable to service their needs -- have looked to those who can. Viewed in this light, politicians with criminal records are not symptomatic of a failure of the democratic process," wrote Milan Vaishnav who has researched the attractions of criminal politicians in India. "Surveys in recent months have shown that despite undergoing significant hardships during the pandemic, voters continue to repose faith in Modi government, and the steps taken by it to help the poor." Even though demonetisation was an "epic failure" Modi insists that it "helped reduce black money, increase tax compliance". "Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the government over demonetisation, alleging PM Modi's move four years ago was aimed at helping a few of his "crony capitalist friends" and had "destroyed" the Indian economy." Won't work. Human beings ignore facts which contradict their beliefs. The Congress has to own up for past mistakes and show that Modi is following their policies. If Gandhi wants to become prime minister he will have to embrace Modi as no different. Honeyed poison. If he really wants to win.