In the annual India Today Mood of the Nation poll, 53 percent of the respondents said Modi is best suited to become the next Prime Minister, while 22 percent found Congress president Rahul Gandhi ideal for the top post, ahead of the upcoming 2019 General Elections.
Among those who polled, 28 percent also declared Modi as the best Prime Minister since independence. Shortly lagging behind him was Indira Gandhi at 20 percent and Atal Bihari Vajpayee at 10 percent.
According to the poll results, when asked who would win how many seats if the Lok Sabha election were held today, people said the NDA would win 309 out of 543 seats, down from the 336 seats it had won in 2014. On the other hand, they said UPA would win 102 seats.