Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proven he is still the tallest leader in India, according to the Mood of the Nation (MOTN) survey. If elections were to be held today the ruling NDA will bag 349 seats. Congress is not expected to cross 47 seats.

The India Today Group-Karvy Insights Mood of the Nation (MOTN) poll show how big decisions like demonetisation and surgical strike against Pakistan have impacted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.

The people's choice of There Is No Alternative, TINA, seems to have become There Is Modi Only - TIMO.

Ahead of the race for the 2019 general election, the opinion poll shows that Modi-led BJP remains unbeatable despite more than 60 percent people believing that demonetisation has caused more pain than gain.

HERE ARE THE 10 BIG TAKEAWAYS If Lok Sabha election, due in 2019, were to be held today, the ruling NDA will get 349 seats. This means a marginal loss of 11 seats as compared to the last MOTN survey done in January 2017. The fact that NDA has been able to maintain a 300 plus seat share in the Lok Sabha even in the third year of the Modi government is remarkable performance. Narendra Modi has been voted as the best Prime Minister so far. He seems unstoppable as his popularity has been continuously growing in the India Today survey. During August 2014, Indira Gandhi was ahead of PM Modi by 12 percentage points and this time, PM Modi is ahead of Indira Gandhi by 16 percentage points. PM Modi's popularity however is much lower in southern India, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been making all-out efforts to gain a stronger foothold, and amongst the minority community (Muslims and Christians). For them, Indira Gandhi has been the best PM India has seen so far. In the MOTN survey, a clear majority of 63 percent respondents rated PM Modi's performance as good or outstanding. However the picture may not be as rosy as there is a drop of 6 percentage points over the January survey. The PM is more popular in urban India than rural India. After almost 9 months of the much-debated move of demonetisation, more than 60 percent of the people acknowledged that note ban has caused much more pain than gain for the general public. The argument against demonetisation is its negative impact on small businessmen and farmers and loss of jobs. The mood is similar across urban and rural India. On the biggest achievements of the Modi government so far, crackdown on blackmoney tops the list with 23 percent votes. Corruption-free government comes second along with demonetisation. People in south region has rated demonetisation as the biggest achievement. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's popularity seems to have taken a dip. When asked about who is the best prime ministerial candidate for the Congress, 25 percent people voted in favour of Rahul - a drop of 5 percentage points over the previous survey. On the critical question about who can revive the Congress, the mood went against the Gandhi family. 43 percent of the respondents feel that 'Someone else from the Congress but outside the Gandhi family' can revive the Congress party. Among the list of chief ministers, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has been rated as the best performing CM in India. The West Bengal leader is followed by Nitish Kumar in the neighbouring Bihar. In the world of Bollywood, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been rated as the most popular actor in Hindi cinema till now with 20 percent votes. Big B is also the most popular hero in 2016-17 along with Salman Khan. Indian skipper Virat Kohli has been ranked as the No. 1 sportsperson in the country with 23 percent votes. Personalities from non-cricket background like PV Sindhu, Sania Mirza and Saina Nehwal are emerging in the top 5 list.

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