After the high-octane Assembly elections in five states, the emphasis has switched to the Lok Sabha elections next year. The state elections, termed the "semi-final" before the 2024 final, ended in a 3-2 victory for the BJP, which kept power in Madhya Pradesh while wresting control of Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan from the Congress.
With the general election only a few months away, the BJP-led NDA is riding high on the Modi wave, betting on the charm and popularity of its most visible campaign symbol. On the other side, after four key meetings, the Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A has failed to portray its Prime Ministerial visage. Following the fourth huddle in New Delhi, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee announced that she had suggested Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge as the PM face of their coalition. Her Delhi counterpart, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal, also supported the plan.
ABP and CVoter reached out to the people across the nation to find out who will they prefer as their news leader, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi or Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Of the people who took part in the survey, 59 per cent of respondents voted for PM Modi, 32 per cent went for Rahul Gandhi, 4 per cent of them said they will not vote either of them, while 5 per cent of those surveyed said they did not have an opinion on the subject.
Tally of 10 states:
State PM Modi Rahul Neither Don't Know
Chhattisgarh 67% 29% 1% 3%
Karnataka 65% 26% 2% 7%
MP 66% 28% 3% 3%
Rajasthan 65% 32% 2% 1%
Telangan 50% 40% 2% 8%
Bihar 66% 26% 6% 2%
Maharashtra 55% 30% 6% 9%
Punjab 35% 36% 14% 15%
West Bengal 60% 35% 2% 3%
UP 60% 30% 8% 2%
[Disclaimer: This Opinion poll was conducted by CVoter. Sometimes the table figures do not sum to 100 due to the effects of rounding off. The margin of error is +/- 3% at the macro level and +/- 5% at the micro level.]