 said by 62% that they would like to see him run from there.A survey of first time voters suggested Modi was the most popular prime ministerial candidate and Mamata Banerjee was the most popular outside the BJP or INC. Latest survey by CNN-IBN-Lokniti predicts the decline (by 5%) in popularity of Narendra Modi as PM candidate.Polling agencies have been criticised by some political parties, intellectuals and political scholars.