Popularity of PM Modi remains intact despite Adani saga, shows poll

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s enormous popularity remains intact despite the biggest political attack on him in years as rivals accuse his government of giving undue favours to the Adani Group, approval ratings showed on Friday.    

Opposition parties staged street protests demanding an investigation into the business group founded by Gautam Adani, which has lost more than $110 billion in market value after a scathing report by a US short seller on January 24. 

Data from polling agency C-Voter seems to suggest support for the prime minister has not waned, although the survey did not refer to the Adani issue. 

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