G.V.L. Narasimha Rao

Naidu had strongly criticised BJP's floor leader, P Vishnu Kumar Raju, in the assembly on Friday when the latter tried to defend the Centre.

Congress' Randeep Surjewala said Rahul Gandhi, as leader of the principal opposition party, "will continue to show the mirror of truth to an "arrogant and authorotarian" government.

Vijay-starrer Mersal has been facing flak from the Tamil Nadu BJP over dialogues allegedly flaying the GST.

It's a mug's game, but what's the harm in playing, since every one seems to be doing it anyway? BJP's in-house pollster, G V L Narasimha Rao, who has also joined the party recently, has come up with his own survey that suggests something like the above graphic

BUT, it is based on

• Congress doing well in Andhra and winning 25 seats (DNA editors give it 14, while Arun Nehru gives it 19)
• BJP winning 20-plus seats in UP (DNA gives it 10, and Arun Nehru 8). 
• Congress doing reasonably well in Haryana and improving in Punjab and Rajasthan
• BJP doing well in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Assam.

More here: BJP survey gives it slight edge in race against Cong