Who says Rahul Gandhi’s image is on an upswing?

The latest State of the Nation poll published by The Hindu-CNN-IBN says that Rahul Gandhi leads the prime ministerial rankings with 19% of voters rooting for him as prime minister, three times the number he got in 2009. Is it right to conclude from this poll that Rahul Gandhi’s popularity is rapidly rising? No. It is just that the rapidly falling political stock of Manmohan Singh as prime minister has pushed up ratings for Rahul Gandhi in the survey as he is the natural heir of the dynasty controlled Congress party.

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