According to the American Research Center Pew, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular figure in Indian politic. Pew an American think tank, concluded the findings using a sample size of 2,464 respondents in India, released its findings on Wednesday.
Modi got 88% in voting and is 30 points ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi(58%), thirty-one ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi(59%) and 49 points ahead of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, observes the survey conducted between February 21 and March 10 this year.
Pew said the public’s “positive assessment” of Modi is sustained by “growing contentment” with Indian economy: more then eight-in ten consider economic condition as ‘good’ which 19% percent up since immediately before the 2014 election.
Thirty percent of adults who say the economy is “very good” is tripled then that of in 2014, Pew said.
Almost seventy percent Indians are satisfied with the things are going in the country. and this positive assessment is double than that of in 2014, Pew said.
According to Pew, at least ninety (90%) percent Indian in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana and in western states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh show Confidence in PM Modi.
Eastern states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and the northern and the northern states of Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh repeat the same result where eight out of ten people favor Narendra Modi.
“Since 2015, Modi’s popularity is relatively unchanged in the north, has risen in the west and the south, and down slightly in the east,” it said.
It is notable that survey reflects that the views of Indian favor are sifting in America which has dropped to 49% 2017 from 70% 2015.
Only 40% percent have confidence in Donald trump regarding world affairs, 34 points down from their faith in Obama in 2015.
China’s rating of favourability among Indians have dropped from 41% in 2015 to 26% in 2017. The survey was conducted after Doklam crisis.
According to the survey, in-spite of periodic outbreaks of religious violence, few Indians see communal relations as a big problem.
“Similarly, despite Prime Minister Modi’s decision last November to abolish high-value bank notes, less than half of the Indian population sees the lack of availability of cash to be a major problem,” it said