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pandemic & economy hit modi as

his popularity takes a sharp dive

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is the number two choice for

the prime minister with 11% support, followed by Rahul Gandhi at 10%.

Our Bureau

New Delhi
rime Minister Narendra
Modi has witnessed a
P14% decline in support
for the “Best Choice for Prime
Minister” question in the India
Today’s bi-annual survey titled
the ‘Mood of the Nation’. The
previous survey was released in
January 2021. The survey was
conducted between July 10 and
July 20, 2021 across 115 parlia-
mentary and 230 assembly con-
stituencies in 19 states on 14,559
respondents. Compared with
2020, the popularity of Modi has
dropped by a whooping 44%.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis-
ter Yogi Adityanath is the num-
ber two choice for the prime
minister with 11% support, fol-
lowed by Rahul Gandhi at 10%.

the survey is not good news
for modi and bJp. almost Prime minister narendra modi walks towards the dais to address the nation on the occasion of 75th indepen-

49% of the respondents dence Day, at red Fort, in new Delhi on Sunday. (ani)

rated modi’s handling of 33% (double that of January feel only big businesses have Uddhav Thackeray and West

the coVId-19 situation as 2021) feel the economy will de- benefited from the Modi gov- Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee re-
outstanding / good. this teriorate in the next six months. ernment’s economic policies. ceived the highest positive rat-
Only 28% people now feel
ings in their states.
21% (half of January 2021) feel
is a sharp drop from 73% the economy will improve while that their economic status has People seem to be more
in January 2019. further, 43% (+7%) feel it will remain improved during Modi’s tenure. positive about the governance
of regional parties than national
This number used to be in the
the same.
60% respondents feel the This highlights pessimism 45%-50% range during August parties.
In the Top 11, there are two
government has not done among the large section of the 2019 to January 2021. The eco- BJP (Himanta Biswa Sarma and
population and highlights the nomic devastation caused by
enough to control infla- fact that markets (which are the pandemic deficiently has a Yogi Adityanath) and two Con-

tion compared to 35% in at record highs) do not repre- role to play in this drop. gress chief ministers (Ashok
Interestingly,
respondents
Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel).
sent the actual sentiment on
January 2021. the ground. The percentage of from states were asked to rate Yogi reported a positive rating
respondents (47%) rating the their chief ministers. Tam- of 29%, which is low given the
The sentiment of the respon- center’s handling of the econo- il Nadu’s M K Stalin, Odis- polls next year.
dents is negative with respect my as good or outstanding is the ha’s Naveen Patnaik, Kerala’s While this is still a survey
to the economic environment. lowest since 2016. 46% (+7%) Pinayari Vijayan, Maharashtra’s Continued on next page... >>

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