ABP Cvoter Snap Poll: Is Women's Reservation Bill Mere Politics? Here's What People Think

As per an ABP CVoter Snap Poll, opinion seemed to be divided on Women's Reservation as nearly 43% of the respondents said that the bill was mere politics while around 45% felt otherwise.

The Women's Reservation Bill was approved by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday evening with 454 votes. The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam would allocate 33% of seats in the Lower House of Parliament and state legislative assemblies to women. In his inaugural address to the new Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged for universal support for the 128th amendment to the Constitution. He referred to it as the first auspicious work being done in the new Parliament building, a decision hailed by the leaders of the ruling BJP. ABP News, in association with CVoter, conducted a snap poll aimed at gauging public opinion about whether they think that the Women's Reservation Bill is mere politics or not.

As per an ABP CVoter Snap Poll, public opinion seemed to be divided as nearly 43% of the respondents said that the bill was mere politics while around 45% felt otherwise.

Among the respondents who opined it to be mere politics, around 30.9 per cent were NDA supporters while 51.2 per cent favour the Opposition. However, around 55.4 per cent voters who support ruling NDA don’t agree that the bill is a mere politics and 38 per cent of respondents backing the Opposition are also of the same opinion. Around 12 per cent of respondents remained undecided.

Besides the debate on politics behind the bill, people were also asked whether the political parties should wait for the bill to be implemented or field 33% women candidates in the upcoming elections. A total of 68 per cent of respondents stated that political parties should not wait for the bill to be implemented, while around 18.7 per cent opined otherwise. Among the respondents that agreed, 70.4 per cent are NDA supporters while 66.3 per cent of them back opposition. However, 17.9 per cent of NDA supporters disagreed while 19.3 per cent of Opposition supporters also expressed the same opinion. Around 13.3 per cent of respondents said they were unsure.

[Disclaimer: This survey was based on CVoter personal interviews conducted among 5,403 adults across India. Sometimes the table figures do not sum to 100 due to the effects of rounding off. The survey was conducted from Saturday to Sunday afternoon. The Margin of error is +/- 3% at the macro level and +/- 5% at the micro level. We believe this will give the closest possible resemblance to the trends.]