(Source: Poll of Polls)
Desh Ka Mood ABP News HIGHLIGHTS: 79% People Satisfied With Modi Govt's Performance During Covid-19 Pandemic, 12.5 Feel Otherwise
ABP News Desh Ka Mood TV Show HIGHLIGHTS: Know all about the first political survey of 2021 conducted by ABP News.
Background
New Delhi: Coronavirus, preperations for mega vaccination drive, farmers' protest, economic crisis - with so much happening across the country, ABP News conducted a mega survey to know mood of the nation. The incumbent Central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is undergoing a litmus test as certain fractions have been critical of the way Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is handling the aforementioned factors.
With country trying its best to climb on economic trajectory and thousands of farmers protesting against the three farm bills imposed by the Central government, it becomes important to know what people of the country thinks.
The year 2020 brought an unprecedented pandemic named Coronavirus which killed lakhs of people across the globe and brought countries to a standstill. India was one of the worst-hit nations as it imposed a counrywide lockdown to contain spread of the deadly virus. However, aftermaths of the lockdown was far more dreadful than expected.
Lakhs of migrant workers were forced to walk towards their hometowns and villages with no means of transport on the road. Thousands of working middleclass people lost their jobs, businesses were shut and country's economy turned negative due to Coronavirus-induced lockdown.
However, 2021 came with a ray of hope as India got approval for restricted emergency use of two indeginous Coronavirus vaccine - Covishield and Covaxin. PM Modi will launch India's COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16 via video conferencing and adequate doses of the two made-in-India vaccines have been delivered across the country to all states and Union Territories.
This will be the world's largest vaccination programme covering the entire length and breadth of the country and all preparations are in place to initiate the programme on the principles of 'Jan Bhagidari', the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
Meanwhile, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been agitating against the three farm laws on the borders of Delhi since November 26. Their main demand is that the government must repeal the three farm laws enacted in September last year.
The ninth round of talks between the government and the agitating farmers ended inconclusively on Friday. The next round of meeting has been scheduled for January 19.
Vaccination: 58 pc covered on day 1 in Pune, 71 refuse
Pune district health authorities managed to vaccinate 58 per cent of registered beneficiaries on Saturday, the first day of the COVID-19 inoculation drive, with nine of them showing "minor side effects", and 71 refusing to turn up, an official said.
The drive kicked off at 31 sites in the district, eight each in Pune municipal and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations and 15 in Pune rural, and the target was to vaccinate 3,100 registered health care workers, he said.
NDA-Ruled States
The Chief Ministers of the ruling alliance are lagging the performance of their leader, PM Modi. While it is understandable that local leaders will lag a charismatic leader like Modi, persistent lag can be a drag on future electoral performance. The saving grace in this case is the relative popularity of NDA CMs over Rahul Gandhi. This is an asset in those states where Congress is the main contender, since the real power behind the throne is the Gandhi family. However this advantage may stand negated when faced with stronger regional players.
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