The mood of the Nation Poln (MOTN) of August 2025 tells that if elections are held now, the NDA will get power again. The NDA is getting an estimated 324 seats. Opposition coalition India can get 208 seats. However, in January 2025, NDA seats were more than this. That is, the bounce shown at the beginning of the year has come down till August. Prime Minister Narendra Modi still remains the most popular leader in the survey. Modi has got about 51–52% support for the post of Prime Minister (earlier this figure lived up to 55%). Rahul Gandhi’s rating has increased to about 25%. It was earlier between 18–20%. This means that Modi’s popularity remains stable, while Rahul Gandhi is constantly emerging as the main challenger.

An important aspect of the survey is that the NDA could not get the political benefit of the recent operation vermilion. There was a surge after the operation in January, but by August, the support decreased. Comparison, after the 2019 Balakot operation, the government got a bump of about 15%, which lasted for 12 weeks. In contrast, the jump was just 5% after the operation vermilion and barely 4 weeks. That is, people accepted that India’s reply was strong, but should have been more tough than that. Due to non -fulfillment of this increased expectations, BJP supporters were disappointed.

Rahul Gandhi’s lead and opposition solidarity

The survey also revealed that Rahul Gandhi’s stature has increased among the leaders of the opposition. Rahul Gandhi has now emerged as the biggest face of the opposition. The rating of other leaders like Mamta Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal has come down to Rahul’s favor at the national level. The large part of the opposition votes is now shifting towards Rahul Gandhi.

In which states the opposition benefits?

According to Yashwant Deshmukh, the India alliance seems to be gaining in some states between February to August 2025. This includes Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Telangana. At the same time, BJP and NDA are seeing benefits in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, because the alliance of AIDMK and BJP is increasing vote share.

Details of satisfaction and dissatisfaction

The number of people angry with the central government has increased this time and the number of people who are happy has decreased. The BJP supporters also saw the most disappointment about the ceasefire after Operation Sindoor. However, this does not mean that BJP supporters have gone in favor of Congress or Rahul Gandhi. Rather, this despair is strengthening numbers in the opposition camp itself.

Opinion of experts

PM Modi’s support in the survey is stable around 50%. Rahul Gandhi’s support has increased to 25% baseline. That is, there is a ratio of 1: 2 between BJP (40%) and Congress (20%) at the party level and Modi (50%) at the leader level. Opposition profit will be limited until the Congress makes a dent in the middle class vote bank.

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In the Constitution of India, people with political experiences are usually elected for elections on high positions like President and Vice President, but it has happened many times in history when the former judges associated with the judiciary have been fielded for the post of President or Vice President, recently this tradition is being seen once again when India coalition has been a former Supreme Court judge. Sudarshan Reddy has been nominated for the post of Vice President. At the same time, NDA, MP from Tamil Nadu and senior leader C.P. Radhakrishnan has been made his candidate. But B. Sudarshan Reddy is not the first judge who has joined such elections. Even before this, many former judges have landed for the President or Vice President. So let’s know when and when this has happened in India.

B. Who is Sudarshan Reddy?

B. Sudarshan Reddy is a former Supreme Court judge. They come from Ranga Reddy district of Telangana. He has given a long judicial service from the High Court to the Supreme Court. Recently, the command of the caste survey committee conducted by the Telangana government was also given to them. B. Sudarshan Reddy has never been directly connected with politics, so the opposition has made them a candidate considering him a fair face.

These judges have also fought the election of President-President

Many former judges have been nominated by different parties for the President and Vice Presidential elections. For example, Justice Hans Raj Khanna was a famous and respected judge of the Supreme Court. He gave a historic verdict in protecting civil rights during the Emergency. In 1982, the Congress made Giani Zail Singh the presidential candidate. In response, 9 opposition parties made Justice Hansraj Khanna their candidate. Although he lost the election, his fair image and loyalty to the constitution are still remembered. Apart from this, Justice B.K. Sudarshan Reddy has been made his joint candidate by India Block in 2025. This step is being seen as an attempt to expose non-political leadership from political parties.

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