Politics

In 2019, arithmetic may trump personality as the battle could be between UPA+ and NDA+.

&lt;p id=&quot;p_1&quot;&gt;Can a Congress-led Mahagathbandhan stand up to the popularity of Narendra Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections? The India Today Group-Karvy Insights Mood of the Nation (MOTN) opinion poll looks into the 'index of opposition unity&amp;rsquo;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_2&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;1-copy_082018082153.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo/story/embed/201808/1-copy_082018082153.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;1-copy_082018082153.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_3&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Photo: India Today Magazine)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_4&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;3-copy_082018082222.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo/story/embed/201808/3-copy_082018082222.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;3-copy_082018082222.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Photo: India Today Magazine)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_5&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;2-copy_082018082206.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo/story/embed/201808/2-copy_082018082206.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;2-copy_082018082206.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Photo: India Today Magazine)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;PD IF&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;:lg.co&quot; class=&quot;JL&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;:ll.ma&quot; class=&quot;Mu SP&quot; title=&quot;August 20, 2018 at 7:21:29 PM UTC+5:30&quot; data-tooltip=&quot;August 20, 2018 at 7:21:29 PM UTC+5:30&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;:ll.co&quot; class=&quot;tL8wMe EMoHub&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;(To read more, check out Ajit Kumar Jha's in-depth report in the&amp;nbsp;August 27, 2018, issue of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;India Today&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;magazine.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;Mu SP&quot; title=&quot;August 20, 2018 at 7:21:29 PM UTC+5:30&quot; data-tooltip=&quot;August 20, 2018 at 7:21:29 PM UTC+5:30&quot;&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_6&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot; href=&quot;https://www.dailyo.in/voices/kerala-floods-beef-politics-narendra-modi-jawaharlal-nehru-university-natural-disaster/story/1/26136.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Also read:&amp;nbsp;Kerala floods: Shame how SoS calls were met with deluge of hate campaigns on social media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;p_7&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;iframe src=&quot;https://www.dailyo.in/embed/565056&quot; width=&quot;690&quot; height=&quot;388&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

India Today Mood of the Nation Poll: Why 2019 general elections could be a clash of coalitions