New Delhi [India], Jan. 12 (NT): A yearly survey by Gallup International survey has given third Ranke to him among the top three creams of the crops of the world.

“Prime Minister @NarendraModi ranked among top 3 leaders by #GallupInternational survey; PM Modi defeats Donald Trump, China's Xi Jinping in popularity” tweeted Govt .channel Doordarshan

The assenters in the International survey that was conducted among the people from corner to corner of the 50 nations, had ranked Prime Minister Modi to the lead of China's Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu amongst others.

The top ranking holder in the survey is German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron scores the second rank.

In the list of the survey, British Prime Minister Theresa May stands at the fourth spot, while China's president Xi Jinping at the fifth position. Russian President Putin, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Sau grabbed sixth and seventh position respectively.

The Gallup International annual survey is going to further bolster this line of BJP propaganda and could bring rich dividends for the party in the Assembly polls lined up in 2018.

Israel's head of state Benjamin Netanyahu scored the eighth position, while Iranian President Hassan Rouhani grabbed the ninth spot in this international survey.