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*Those who are aware that Deve Gowda is the country's Prime
Minister
(All figures in percentage)
How has Deve Gowda performed as Prime Minister?*
-Good - 27 Average - 48 Bad - 21
Do you believe him when he says he is a humble farmer?*
-Yes - 43 No - 47
Are you aware Deve Gowda takes his relatives abroad on official
tours?*
-Yes - 32 No - 68
Do you think it is okay for him to take his family members on
official tours?
(Those who are aware that Deve Gowda has taken relatives abroad on
official tours)
-Yes - 16 No - 82
Is Deve Gowda behaving more like Prime Minister of Karnataka?
(After he became Prime Minister, he made 17 trips to Karnataka)
-Yes - 51 No - 35
Do you think Deve Gowda should be replaced by someone else?*
-Yes - 62 No - 27
As Prime Minister what describes him best......
-Efficient - 60 Bungler - 29
-Honest - 58 Corrupt - 21
-Clever - 74 Foolish - 14
-Visionary - 56 Narrow-minded - 29
-Trustworthy - 56 Untrustworthy - 28
How do you rate the performance of the UF Government?
-Good - 19 Average - 43 Bad - 28
How do you rate the performance of the United Front Government
on...
-Controlling prices : Good - 7 Bad - 73
-Maintaining law and order : Good - 16 Bad - 40
-Removing poverty : Good - 10 Bad - 65
-Maintaining stability : Good - 16 Bad - 36
-Rooting out corruption : Good - 14 Bad - 54
-Dealing fairly with states : Good - 19 Bad - 32
The United Front Government will last....
-Full term - 17
-For 2-3 years - 16
-One more year - 9
-Less than a year - 10
-Less than 6 months - 11
-Less than 3 months - 6
- Don't know - 31
Can Deve Gowda keep the UF together?
-Yes - 43 No - 47
Can a Coalition govt rule India well?
-Yes - 24 No - 53
Who do you think would make India's best Prime Minister?
-Atal Bihari Vajpayee - 29
-H.D. Deve Gowda - 9
-Sonia Gandhi - 8
-Jyoti Basu - 4
-Narasimha Rao - 4
-V.P. Singh - 4
-Sitaram Kesri - 2
-Manmohan Singh - 2
-Others - 19
-Don't know - 19
Deve Gowda Ministry
Report Card
A team of India Today staffers assessed the performance of the
cabinet ministers on a scale of 1 to 10. This is how they fared.
Birendra Prasad Baishya - Steel & Mines
-Efficiency - 2 Honesty - 2
-Originally - 1 Impact - 1
C. M. Ibrahim - Civil Aviation, I & B
-Efficiency - 4 Honesty - 2
-Originally - 3 Impact - 4
Chaturanan Mishra - Agriculture
-Efficiency - 4 Honesty -7
-Originally - 3 Impact - 3
Devendra Prasad Yadav - Food & Civil Supplies
-Efficiency - 2 Honesty - 4
-Originally - 2 Impact - 2
Mulayam Singh Yadav - Defence
-Efficiency - 4 Honesty -3
-Originally - 3 Impact - 4
P. Chidambaram - Finance
-Efficiency - 6 Honesty -6
-Originally - 5 Impact - 5
Ram Vilas Paswan - Railways
-Efficiency - 5 Honesty -2
-Originally - 4 Impact - 4
S. R. Bommai - Human Resources
-Efficiency - 2 Honesty -3
-Originally - 2 Impact - 2
Srikant Jena - Parliament Affairs
-Efficiency - 4 Honesty -5
-Originally - 3 Impact - 3
Indrajit Gupta - Home
-Efficiency - 3 Honesty -8
-Originally - 3 Impact - 3
Janeshwar Mishra - Water Resources
-Efficiency - 3 Honesty - 4
-Originally - 2 Impact - 3
M. Arunachalam - Labour
-Efficiency - 3 Honesty -3
-Originally - 2 Impact - 2
R. L. Jalappa - Textiles
-Efficiency - 1 Honesty -2
-Originally - 1 Impact - 1
Murasoli Maran - Industry
-Efficiency - 5 Honesty -5
-Originally - 5 Impact - 6
T. G. Venkatraman - Surface Transport
-Efficiency - 2 Honesty -3
-Originally - 2 Impact - 2
K. Yerran Naidu - Rural Affairs
-Efficiency - 1 Honesty -2
-Originally - 1 Impact - 1
Beni Prasad Verma - Communication
-Efficiency - 4 Honesty -4
-Originally - 3 Impact - 3
Inder Kumar Gujral - External Affairs
-Efficiency - 6 Honesty -7
-Originally - 6 Impact - 6
B. S. Ramoowalia - Welfare
-Efficiency - 2 Honesty - 4
-Originally - 2 Impact - 2
Should the Congress withdraw support to the UF Government?
-Yes - 37 No - 36
Should the Congress form a government with the support of other
parties?
-Yes - 30 No - 48
Should the BJP form a government with support of other parties?
-Yes - 30 No - 47
Are you in favour of midterm poll?
- Yes - 47 No - 35
(Rest don't know/can't say)
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