Modi is relatable. Modi is aspirational. He gives everyone a hope that if one makes up their mind, a person selling tea on railway platform can become Prime Minister of world's largest democracy. Not once, but twice.
When Rahul Gandhi's video of him partying in a pub in Nepal went viral, rumours were floated that the woman next to him was Chinese envoy to Nepal Hou Yangi.
Humiliating loss in 5 states forced even the staunchest Congress supporters to pause and reflect, but apparently, it didn't affect Rahul Gandhi in the slightest.