LK Advani completely misread the mood within his party's cadre and support base, a survey suggests. The survey, conducted among those in the metros who have voted for the BJP in the last two assembly and parliamentary elections and intend to do so again, found that nearly two-thirds felt he was in the wrong.
The respondents also did not seem to buy the idea that the reason behind the senior BJP leader's resignation from party posts was driven by the fact that the party was deviating from its values, as claimed by Advani in his letter to Rajnath Singh.
A mere 3% felt this was the true reason. In contrast, 30% said it was because he was forced out of the race for prime ministership, 19% said it was due to factionalism in the BJP and 18% put it down to Narendra Modi's elevation.
Almost three-fourths of the respondents felt Modi was a more popular leader than Advani and 81% said that the BJP should go ahead and project him as its PM candidate.
This was despite the fact that 58% felt the Advani episode would dent BJP's electoral prospects, while only 24% said it would actually help, the rest either feeling it would make no difference or refusing to offer an opinion. The poll was done by research agency CVoter on Tuesday and Wednesday and covered 2,527 respondents across the metros.
Eighty-one percent of those surveyed said the BJP should name Modi as its PM candidate.
Source:TOI
The respondents also did not seem to buy the idea that the reason behind the senior BJP leader's resignation from party posts was driven by the fact that the party was deviating from its values, as claimed by Advani in his letter to Rajnath Singh.
A mere 3% felt this was the true reason. In contrast, 30% said it was because he was forced out of the race for prime ministership, 19% said it was due to factionalism in the BJP and 18% put it down to Narendra Modi's elevation.
Almost three-fourths of the respondents felt Modi was a more popular leader than Advani and 81% said that the BJP should go ahead and project him as its PM candidate.
This was despite the fact that 58% felt the Advani episode would dent BJP's electoral prospects, while only 24% said it would actually help, the rest either feeling it would make no difference or refusing to offer an opinion. The poll was done by research agency CVoter on Tuesday and Wednesday and covered 2,527 respondents across the metros.
Eighty-one percent of those surveyed said the BJP should name Modi as its PM candidate.
Source:TOI
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