Modi's popularity surges in UP, 55 per cent voters want him PM again: PSE poll

More than half of voters in the bellwether state of Uttar Pradesh prefer Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term, but not down south in Tamil Nadu, where Congress chief Rahul Gandhi surges ahead in popularity, according to Political Stock Exchange (PSE) poll.

In the Hindi heartland of UP, fifty-five per cent of the voters supported Modi as the next PM, up from 51 per cent in January and 48 per cent in October.