Narendra Modi is the most popular leader in country: Opinion poll

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular leader in the country, as per an opinion poll.

As per an opinion poll conducted by ABP News-Nielsen, 58% respondents consider PM Modi to be the most popular leader in the country.

On the other hand, the performance of BJP-led government has been rated “above average”.

According to the opinion poll, if the Lok Sabha elections were to be held tomorrow, NDA is likely to get 38 per cent vote share which will give it 301 seats as against 339 seats in May 2014 polls.

The Congress-led UPA is likely to get a vote share of 28 per cent which will give it 108 seats compared to 62 seats in the previous elections, it said.

The poll said the BJP is likely to get 43 per cent of the vote share and the Congress 14 per cent with Aam Admi Party (AAP) bagging four per cent of the votes, bigger than any other regional players.

The survey conducted to understand the “mood of the nation” shows that around 47 per cent of respondents think that Modi’s popularity is decreasing day by day but 45 per cent of the respondents think otherwise.

When asked about work done by Modi as PM, 17% said very good, 30 per cent said good and 30% as average.

On whether PM Modi should have spoken on Dadri lynching, 57% said yes, 27% said no and 23 said that they didn’t know.

Meanwhile, 65% said that the Modi government should take the initiative to make Ram temple.

PTI