As BJP hails 'Modi factor', Congress leader votes 'Rahul for PM'

How Delhi votes today, India votes tomorrow - this popular inference has become a nightmare for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Congress party, which has been mauled in state polls just months ahead of the national election due by May. The BJP on Sunday retained power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and wrested Rajasthan from the Congress. In Delhi, the BJP emerged the single largest party, but not a clear winner. The party's leaders said the verdict shows that the Centre's UPA government has lost its mandate to rule, and pitched the 2014 polls as a direct fight between the BJP and Congress. (Read more)