Poll forecasts bigger mandate for Modi and another shock for Congress

The next assembly elections in Gujarat may be more than six months away, but the ruling BJP and the main challenger, the Congress party, are both already actively canvassing the electorate with their yatras and campaigns. The recent upset win that the Congress was able to score in the Mansa assembly by-election has boosted the party’s morale and made it hopeful of improving its performance considerably over the last time and giving a real fight to the BJP chief minister, Narendra Modi.