Throwing strong hints that BJP is likely to declare Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate soon, its senior leader Arun Jaitley today said the coming Lok Sabha polls would be a "referendum on leadership" as the country had been "suffering hugely" due to leadership crisis under the UPA rule.

Berating the UPA Government for its "indecisiveness", and singling out Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for attack, the leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha said "The elections will also be a leadership referendum when people are disillusioned with a leaderless situation."