New Delhi: according to opinion poll result more than 70 percent of Indians are satisfied with Prime Minister of Narendra Modi since he took office nearly three months ago. seeing in him the best hope to put the economy back on track.
The findings of the opinion poll stands out in contrast with the disappointment that top political economists, including those who advised the Modi campaign, have voiced over his failure to announce big bang reforms.
The poll of 12,430 people conducted across India found that support for Modi`s Bharatiya Janata Party had increased since it won the biggest election mandate in three decades.
The vote share of the BJP and its allies would jump to 40 percent from 31 percent if a fresh election were held now, the survey showed, in a break from tradition in India`s volatile politics where discontent with incumbent governments quickly sets in, especially when expectations are high.
While some visible signs of recovery have emerged, Modi has not announced any sweeping market reforms, with critics saying he has scored high on oratory but low on delivery of his election campaign promises.
But 65 percent of those surveyed believed Modi will put the economy back on track in six months and that his party was the best bet for development.
As the 100-day mark of the government draws near, the nation thinks that Narendra Modi is keeping his word, and would vote in a saffron-led government with even more lawmakers than it did during the May elections,” a newspaper, said on the findings of the survey.
Modi has also turned out be a far less divisive figure than his political rivals had warned and hardline elements on the Hindu right had been firmly kept in check, according to the poll.
But polls in India have a mixed record with many often getting election results in the world`s biggest democracy wrong. An exit poll for the May elections conducted by the same research organisation, Hansa, in collaboration with a news channel, under-estimated the scale of the BJP victory.
Bureau Report
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