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New Delhi, May 20: The mood of the nation has decisively turned against the UPA and although the main beneficiary will be the BJP-led NDA, parties not allied with either will gain a large chunk of the seats if the general election is held now, according to an opinion poll. The survey carried out by The Nielsen Company for ABP News, the television channel owned by the publishers of The Telegraph, predicts a sharp fall in the UPA's overall tally to 136 seats and a surge by the NDA to 206. Parties not part of the two combinations will get as many as 167 seats, according to the opinion poll conducted among 33,408 respondents in 152 Lok Sabha seats and 302 Assembly segments. UPA II enters its fifth year this week. If the trends thrown up by the survey hold till the country goes to the polls, the ability to win over fence-sitters or neutrals could emerge as the make-or-break factor. In the previous Lok Sabha polls in 2009, the Congress alone had won 206 seats while the BJP was restricted to 116. The survey suggests a seven per cent dip in the Congress share but the BJP is shown as gaining only 1 per cent of the slice. Only 69 per cent of those who voted for the Congress in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections are standing by the party while 31 per cent have moved away. Of these disillusioned voters, only 12 per cent are going to the BJP, indicating that the regional forces will gain from the Congress's plight. In spite of a perception that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's image had been battered, 37 per cent respondents felt his performance was good or very good. This indicates that the source of the UPA's agony need not be Manmohan, who has been described by the BJP as the weakest ever Prime Minister. But Manmohan falls just behind Narendra Modi in terms of overall popularity. Asked to choose the best leader in the country, 17 per cent opted for Modi while 16 per cent picked Manmohan. Modi was at number four in the last survey conducted by Nielsen, around a year ago, while Manmohan ranked first followed by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. Rahul's scores have now dipped from 19 per cent to 13 per cent and Sonia's from 14 per cent to 9 per cent. Delhi epitomises the Congress's decline. The party, which swept all the seven Lok Sabha seats in 2009, is predicted to win only two with five going to the BJP. The Congress was hoping anti-incumbency against the three-term Sheila Dikshit government would be neutralised by the division of votes between the BJP and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, but the survey is not reflecting that possibility. In Bihar, the survey delivers an alarming message to Nitish Kumar, suggesting that the Congress-RJD combine would win 23 out of the 40 seats if the JD(U) broke its alliance with the BJP. In that case, the BJP will get only six seats and the JD(U) nine. But if the BJP's alliance with the JD(U) survives, the combine can win 34 of the 40 seats, according to the survey. In Maharashtra, the survey gives an edge to the BJP and the Shiv Sena even if they contest separately. In Uttar Pradesh, a leap is predicted for the BJP — 23 from 10 in 2009, while the Congress slumps to six from 21.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
লাভের ইঙ্গিত বামেদের, তৃণমূলের রক্ষক জোটই!The importance of bedfellows Cong loss not BJP’s full gain
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