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A poll - Majority believes UF will be shortlived - Times of India
Belakrishnan and Ravi Vyas
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27 June 1996
Title : Majority believes United Front govt will be
shortlived - A Poll
Author : Belakrishnan and Ravi Vyas
Publication : Times of India
Date : June 27, 1996
The United Front government led by Prime Minister H. D.
Deve Gowda is likely to be shortlived, and in case mid-
term elections are held in about a year, it is the BJP
which is likely to be returned to power, according to a
majority of respondents in a Times-MODE poll conducted in
nine metro cities last week.
Asked for their opinion about Mr Deve Gowda and his
council of ministers, 40 per cent said they had a
favourable opinion, as against 50 per cent who did not.
Opinion was sharply divided on this question between the
four southern cities and the rest. In Madras, Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Cochin, a majority (54 per cent) had a
favourable opinion of the government, while in the other
cities, a majority (62 per cent in Delhi, 73 per cent in
Mumbai) had a contrary view.
The expulsion of Ramakrishna Hegde by the Janata Dal, one
of the early decisions taken by the ruling alliance
after assuming power, was, viewed by the respondents in
an unfavourable light. Fifty-three per cent considered it
unwise, and in this there was no divergence of opinion
between regions. Even in Bangalore, in the home-state of
the prime minister, 61 per cent said the Janata Dal
should not have taken this extreme step.
Seventy-four per cent of those pol - led felt that the
Deve Gowda government would be shortlived. Here again,
there was a unanimity of opinion cutting across all
regions; for instance, in Bangalore 61 per cent envisaged
only a short life for the government.
The BJP's short stint in power seems to have helped the
party to project itself as a serious contender for
running the next government. Fifty-seven per cent of
those polled said that in case mid-term elections were
held in about a year, it was the BJP that was likely to
come to power; against 23 per cent who favoured the
Congress's chances and only 10 per cent who thought the
UF would return to power. Surprisingly, this perception
was widespread.
The Poll was conducted by MODE for The Times of India
among 2,375 adults in the nine metropolitan cities of
Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Cochin.
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