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If you could vote in the 5-state elections, would you vote for the BJP despite the inefficient vaccine rollout?


Yes		58%
No		41%

Should the govt open Covid vaccination to all adults immediately?


Yes		74%
No		25%

Has the govt failed to put an end to the Naxal menace?


Yes		70%
No		29%

Should India stop exporting Covid vaccines and vaccinate citizens first?


Yes		57%
No		42%

With the fall of elected governments in Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh, have elections become mere symbolism of an erstwhile democracy?


Yes		47%
No		52%

Is the BJP a divisive force in India?


Yes		37%
No		62%

Are you happy with Budget 2021?


Yes		57%
No		42%

Do you trust the made in India Bharat Biotech's Covid vaccine?


Yes		76%
No		23%

Will the BJP win Bengal?


Yes		70%
No		29%

Indira Gandhi was the decisive force behind India's 1971 war win against Pakistan. Agree?


Yes		75%
No		24%

Should Modi listen to farmers and scrap the Farm Laws?


Yes		33%
No		66%

Does the Congress party have any political future?


Yes		20%
No		79%

Are you heading out of town for the long Diwali weekend?


Yes		17%
No		82%

Will Donald Trump win a second term?


Yes		41%
No		58%

Is the BJP's manifesto promise of free vaccination to all in Bihar unethical?


Yes		51%
No		48%

Will the Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan win the Bihar polls?


Yes		67%
No		32%

Should President's Rule be imposed in UP?


Yes		40%
No		59%

Did this monsoon session of parliament witness the death of democracy?


Yes		45%
No		54%

The Centre has refused to pay GST to states; compensate migrants' deaths. Has the Modi govt failed India?


Yes		47%
No		52%

Is Kangana a pawn between the BJP and the Shiv Sena?


Yes		61%
No		38%

Is the Centre's Y-Plus security for Kangana Ranaut simply a political move?


Yes		56%
No		43%

If India went to the polls now, would you vote for the Modi government?


Yes		68%
No		32%

Would you volunteer to receive the Covid vaccine during the trial phases?


Yes		56%
No		43%

Can a non-Gandhi be the Congress chief?


Yes		52%
No		47%

Can you sit through TV debates?


Yes		20%
No		79%

Should the CBI takeover the probe into Sushant Singh Rajput's death?


Yes		87%
No		12%

Would you volunteer to receive the Covid vaccine while it's still under trials?


Yes		57%
No		42%

Should Sachin Pilot join the BJP?


Yes		65%
No		34%

Do you personally know someone who has recovered from Covid-19?


Yes		49%
No		50%

Will you buy Patanjali's Coronil?


Yes		62%
No		37%

In keeping with nationalistic fervour will you stop buying Chinese goods?


Yes		84%
No		15%

Is China a bigger threat to India than Pakistan?


Yes		88%
No		11%

Is Modi's foreign policy a big failure?


Yes		36%
No		63%

As places of worship open, would you go now?


Yes		23%
No		76%

Have you been handed out a pay cut?


Yes		57%
No		42%

With 1 lakh+ Covid cases has the lockdown failed?


Yes		34%
No		65%

Will the Rs 1000 cr allocation for migrants from the PM Cares fund actually reach them?


Yes		43%
No		56%

If the govt allows offices to reopen will you continue working from home?


Yes		65%
No		34%

Have you downloaded the Aarogya Setu app?


Yes		75%
No		24%

Should the Modi govt have charged poor, penniless migrants rail fare?


Yes		25%
No		74%

Do you fear pay cuts, job loss at your place of work in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic?


Yes		78%
No		21%

Will lighting diyas and clanging thalis help in the fight against coronavirus?


Yes		58%
No		41%

Should India's lockdown be extended?


Yes		76%
No		23%

Will Scindia's exit prompt other young Congress leaders to leave the party?


Yes		81%
No		18%

Do you believe the Hindu Mahasabha's claim that gaumutra and cowdung can cure Coronavirus?


Yes		39%
No		60%

Is the Modi govt complicit in fomenting the violence in Delhi?


Yes		43%
No		56%

Is the Trump visit all pain no gain for India?


Yes		47%
No		52%

Should AAP go national?


Yes		38%
No		61%

Do the Delhi poll results indicate voters want development over divide?


Yes		65%
No		34%

Will AAP retain Delhi?


Yes		56%
No		43%

Will you benefit from the Union Budget?


Yes		31%
No		68%

Is Aditya Thackeray's Mumbai 24x7 a good idea?


Yes		45%
No		54%

Will Arvind Kejriwal's AAP win the Delhi Assembly polls?


Yes		51%
No		49%

Will Deepika Padukone's presence at JNU affect ticket sales for her film, Chhapaak, adversely?


Yes		65%
No		34%

Were the goons, who attacked JNU students, from the RSS-backed ABVP?


Yes		35%
No		64%

Can AAP retain Delhi?


Yes		46%
No		53%

Should Amit Shah resign over the CAA/NRC protests across India?


Yes		33%
No		66%

Is the Citizenship Amendment Bill against the Constitution of India?


Yes		28%
No		71%

Are extra-judicial killings the only way forward when justice is delayed in rape cases?


Yes		66%
No		33%

Will the Uddhav-led Maharashtra govt be able to keep its 'secular' promise made in the Common Minimum Programme?


Yes		33%
No		66%

Will NCP MLAs vote for BJP in tomorrow's floor test?


Yes		50%
No		49%

Did Sharad Pawar know Ajit Pawar would ally with the BJP?


Yes		82%
No		17%

Can the Cong-NCP-Sena alliance provide a stable govt in Maharashtra?


Yes		26%
No		73%

Are BHU students being intolerant of a Muslim professor teaching Sanskrit?


Yes		62%
No		37%

Will BJP carry out Operation Kamal in Maharashtra?


Yes		68%
No		31%

Should Congress support the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra?


Yes		30%
No		69%

Is the revocation of journalist/author Aatish Taseer's OCI status, a reprisal for his anti-Modi writings?


Yes		38%
No		61%

Kartarpur corridor: Is the Punjab CM's fear that Pakistan was upto some mischief unfounded?


Yes		55%
No		45%

Is Aaditya Thackeray the right choice for Maharashtra CM?


Yes		13%
No		86%

Is the EU MPs visit to Kashmir orchestrated?


Yes		47%
No		52%

Has scrapping Article 370 failed as an election issue for the BJP?


Yes		51%
No		48%

Is it advantage BJP in Maharashtra, Haryana polls?


Yes		81%
No		18%

Does Savarkar deserve the Bharat Ratna?


Yes		68%
No		31%

Can Priyanka improve Cong's chances in the Maharashtra, Haryana polls?


Yes		21%
No		78%

Is Saurav Ganguly the right choice to head BCCI?


Yes		85%
No		14%

Will Modi-Xi meet in Mahabalipuram lead to a border solution?


Yes		38%
No		62%

Is the crackdown on Aarey protestors undemocratic?


Yes		45%
No		54%

Do you have an account in a cooperative bank?


Yes		26%
No		73%

Can Aaditya Thackeray win his debut election?


Yes		76%
No		24%

Should India take up US President Donald Trump's offer to mediate on Kashmir?


Yes		9%
No		90%

Did you stay up last night and watch the Howdy Modi event?


Yes		66%
No		33%

Like E-cigarattes, should the govt ban cigarattes too?


Yes		84%
No		15%

Is Hindi the language of national integration?


Yes		64%
No		36%

Do you agree with Nirmala Sitharaman's statement that Uber, Ola use is affecting auto sales?


Yes		47%
No		53%

Is India heading towards a recession?


Yes		44%
No		55%

Are the new penalties for traffic offences too high?


Yes		55%
No		45%

Do you believe the govt when it says all is well in Kashmir during lock-down?


Yes		66%
No		33%

Is P Chidambaram's arrest a case of political vendetta?


Yes		26%
No		73%

Is P Chidambaram being 'shamelessly hunted' down?


Yes		30%
No		69%

Should there be a debate on reservations, as RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat suggested?


Yes		86%
No		13%

Should India change its 'no first use' of nuclear weapon policy?


Yes		77%
No		22%

Should govt ease restrictions in J&K after I-Day?


Yes		59%
No		40%

Have you ever listened to PM Modi's Mann ki Baat addresses?


Yes		62%
No		37%

Was Sushma Swaraj India's most popular foreign minister?


Yes		94%
No		5%

Will terrorism increase in Kashmir with the govt scrapping Article 370?


Yes		86%
No		13%

Should Article 35A be scrapped in Kashmir?


Yes		93%
No		6%

Is there more to CCD owner Siddhartha's death than meets the eye?


Yes		80%
No		19%

Is another Kargil War likely?


Yes		24%
No		75%

Do you believe the accident that critically injured the Unnao rape victim was a conspiracy to kill her?


Yes		82%
No		18%

Will the BJP repeat the Karnataka story in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan?


Yes		69%
No		30%

Does India owe its success in ISRO to Pt Nehru?


Yes		35%
No		64%

Should the BJP act against J-K guv Satyapal Malik for saying terrorists should kill those who have looted India?


Yes		42%
No		57%

Is urban India casteist?


Yes		57%
No		42%

Will Congress lose the trust vote in Karnataka?


Yes		87%
No		12%

Is the K'taka Speaker being partisan in deciding on the rebel MLAs?


Yes		82%
No		18%

Should BJP expel its MLA Rajesh Misra for opposing his daughter's marriage and allegedly getting them roughed up outside court?


Yes		56%
No		43%

K'taka crisis: Is a decimated opposition a threat to India's democracy?


Yes		51%
No		48%

Is the govt's target of a $5 trillion economy realistic?


Yes		65%
No		34%

Mumbai rains: Is the govt doing enough to help citizens?


Yes		37%
No		62%

Should Modi Sarkar do more to curb mob lynchings?


Yes		79%
No		20%

Can the BJP grow without Amit Shah as party president?


Yes		65%
No		34%

Will Shikhar Dhawan's ouster affect India's chances of winning the World Cup?


Yes		34%
No		65%

Is free travel for women in Delhi metro, buses necessary?


Yes		13%
No		86%

Is the central government imposing Hindi through the new education policy?


Yes		37%
No		62%

Are you disappointed Amit Shah is not finance minister?


Yes		10%
No		89%

Should 3 and more children be denied voting rights, benefits, as Ramdev suggests?


Yes		74%
No		25%

Has the Congress lost its relevance in Indian politics?


Yes		84%
No		15%

Exit polls predict an NDA win. Agree?


Yes		79%
No		20%

Will the BJP gain from the EC ban on campaigning in Bengal?


Yes		66%
No		33%

Will the BJP gain more seats in Bengal?


Yes		80%
No		19%

Is Sam Pitroda 2019's Mani Shankar Aiyar?


Yes		87%
No		12%

Was PM's comment,'Bhrashtachari no 1' on Rajiv Gandhi in bad taste?


Yes		43%
No		56%

Will designating Masood Azhar as global terrorist stem terror attacks?


Yes		53%
No		46%

Should Priyanka have contested from Varanasi?


Yes		49%
No		50%

Do you believe reports of EVMs malfunctioning to benefit the BJP?


Yes		27%
No		72%

Is the EC's 72-hour ban on hate-mongering politicians enough of a warning for other offenders?


Yes		39%
No		60%

Will you vote for anti-incumbency in the Lok Sabha polls?


Yes		29%
No		70%

Do you believe the BJP will deliver on its 2019 manifesto?


Yes		69%
No		30%

Will Rahul win from Wayanad?


Yes		38%
No		62%

Can Rahul win from Wayanad?


Yes		41%
No		58%

Should India focus on poverty alleviation instead of Mission Shakti?


Yes		43%
No		56%

Has the Cong's 'Chowkidar Chor Hai' campaign lost its steam with NIrav Modi's arrest?


Yes		78%
No		21%

Will Rahul Gandhi's reluctance to stitch together alliances prove costly for the Congress?


Yes		81%
No		19%

Should Cong focus more on job situation than Rafale deal to take on the BJP during poll campaign?


Yes		84%
No		15%

Has the Congress party been caught on the wrong foot over its attack on the Rafale deal after the CAG report?


Yes		81%
No		18%

Did the PMO bypass rules in the Rafale deal?


Yes		29%
No		70%

Is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra nothing more than a show-stopper for the Congress?


Yes		75%
No		25%

Is the Centre misusing the CBI against Mamata Banerjee?


Yes		22%
No		78%

Will a sop of Rs 500/month for farmers' help alleviate agrarian poverty?


Yes		53%
No		46%

Can India afford a minimum income guarantee plan for the poor as suggested by Rahul Gandhi?


Yes		29%
No		70%

Can Priyanka Gandhi ensure a win for the Congress in UP?


Yes		29%
No		70%

Have you ever been to the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj (Allahabad)?


Yes		13%
No		86%

Is the construction of a Ram Mandir important for you?


Yes		57%
No		43%

Can the BJP reclaim Karnataka?


Yes		56%
No		43%

Can the SP-BSP alliance and Congress oust BJP from UP?


Yes		32%
No		68%

Do you agree with 10 pc quota for the poor among forward castes?


Yes		75%
No		25%

Ahead of the general elections will more allies desert the BJP?


Yes		59%
No		40%

Do you believe the Congress party's claims that Anil Ambani was favoured with the Rafale contract?


Yes		40%
No		60%

Did Rahul win the Rafale debate in Parliament today?


Yes		25%
No		75%

Is the 'The Accidental Prime Minister' an anti-Congress propaganda film?


Yes		39%
No		60%

Has 2018 been a good year for you?


Yes		65%
No		34%

Should the combined Opposition put up Rahul Gandhi as PM candidate for 2019?


Yes		36%
No		64%

Will the SC clean chit on Rafale deal help BJP in 2019?


Yes		68%
No		32%

Are the BJP's losses in the state polls a trailer for 2019?


Yes		52%
No		47%

Will the 5-state poll results impact 2019 Lok Sabha elections?


Yes		55%
No		45%

Do you agree with the exit poll predictions for the 5-state polls?


Yes		47%
No		52%

Was the Bulandshahr cop killed because he had probed the Akhlaq lynching?


Yes		57%
No		43%

Is the Congress putting up a good fight in the ongoing 5-state polls?


Yes		43%
No		56%

Is there any realistic opposition to the BJP in 2019?


Yes		31%
No		68%

Is the Cong-JD(S) win in Karnataka a trailer for the 2019 elections?


Yes		38%
No		62%

Will you be bursting firecrackers this Diwali?


Yes		51%
No		48%

Is the Sardar Patel statue a criminal waste of money


Yes		36%
No		63%

Is the railways responsible for the Amritsar Dussehra tragedy?


Yes		16%
No		84%

Will you go to Sabarimala shrine?


Yes		54%
No		45%

Will naming and shaming sexual predators stem further incidents?


Yes		58%
No		42%

Should there be a blanket ban on bursting firecrackers?


Yes		41%
No		58%

Should MJ Akbar quit as minister after #MeToo allegations against him?


Yes		60%
No		40%

Will Prithvi Shaw be the next Tendulkar?


Yes		44%
No		55%

Will Bollywood ever have its #metoo movement?


Yes		35%
No		64%

Should women off all ages be allowed in places of worship?


Yes		77%
No		23%

Will the decriminalisation of adultery affect matrimonial sanctity?


Yes		58%
No		41%

Is there a scam in the Rafale deal?


Yes		32%
No		67%

Can Cong wrest Goa from BJP?


Yes		30%
No		70%

Did the Centre collude to allow Vijay Mallya escape to UK?


Yes		42%
No		57%

Is the govt doing enough to shore up the falling rupee?


Yes		38%
No		62%

Should there be job reservations for the LGBTQ community?


Yes		15%
No		84%

Is the BJP obsessed with Rahul's Kailash Mansarovar yatra?


Yes		51%
No		48%

Do you believe the anti-Modi tweets on BJP leader Tarun Vijay's handle were posted by him?


Yes		40%
No		59%

Are the arrests of human rights' activists an undeclared Emergency?


Yes		28%
No		71%

Will Rahul Gandhi's Sikh riots remark cost the Congress in 2019?


Yes		77%
No		22%

Is Rahul right in comparing RSS to Muslim Brotherhood?


Yes		21%
No		78%

Should India accept aid from foreign countries and the UN for natural disasters?


Yes		46%
No		53%

Is the Centre's Rs 500 crore aid for Kerala enough for rehabilitation?


Yes		35%
No		64%

Was Atal Bihari Vajpayee India's best PM?


Yes		85%
No		14%

Has the Modi govt eroded freedom of speech?


Yes		35%
No		65%

RS polls loss: Will Rahul be able to forge alliances for 2019?


Yes		23%
No		76%

Was TN govt's refusal to grant burial space for Karunanidhi a huge mistake?


Yes		61%
No		38%

Should J-K's Article 35-A be repealed?


Yes		82%
No		17%

Will Pak-sponsored terrorism reduce with Imran Khan as PM?


Yes		20%
No		79%

Will the Assam citizens' list weed out illegal immigrants?


Yes		75%
No		24%

Will Imran Khan as Pak PM be bad for India?


Yes		55%
No		45%

Should India do away with quotas in jobs and education?


Yes		85%
No		15%

Is the Centre soft on lynchings?


Yes		50%
No		49%

Is Rahul's speech in parliament a winner?


Yes		29%
No		70%

Will the govt call for early elections?


Yes		40%
No		59%

Is the Centre's silence on the attack on Swami Agnivesh a thumbs up for vigilantism?


Yes		45%
No		54%

Will India turn into Hindu Pakistan if BJP is re-elected, as Shashi Tharoor said?


Yes		26%
No		73%

Should homosexuality be decriminalised?


Yes		50%
No		48%

Do you agree that justice is getting delayed in Dec 16 gang rape case?


Yes		88%
No		11%

Should the govt spend on maintaining infrastructure rather than on pet projects like Shivaji statue or Bullet Train?


Yes		81%
No		18%

Do you agree with the report ranking India most dangerous for women in the world?


Yes		30%
No		70%

Should the Congress apologise for the Emergency?


Yes		75%
No		24%

Maharashtra plastic ban: Are you observing the rules?


Yes		78%
No		21%

Should fresh elections be held in Jammu & Kashmir?


Yes		34%
No		65%

Was the BJP-PDP alliance doomed to failure?


Yes		77%
No		22%

Should Delhi get full statehood?


Yes		39%
No		60%

Was the Ramzan ceasefire in Kashmir a big mistake?


Yes		85%
No		14%

Are Indian cities equipped to handle fires?


Yes		9%
No		90%

Should Donald Trump receive the Nobel Prize?


Yes		42%
No		58%

Will Kim Jong-un agree to denuclearise North Korea?


Yes		55%
No		44%

Do you agree with Rajnath Singh that a dialogue can be held with 'right-minded' people in Kashmir?


Yes		76%
No		23%

Should Pranab Mukherjee attend the RSS function?


Yes		86%
No		13%

Should army allow the general public to use cantonment roads?


Yes		32%
No		68%

Should India revoke the Ramzan ceasefire?


Yes		83%
No		16%

Sterlite deaths: Could police have handled the protests better?


Yes		74%
No		26%

Is a 3rd Front now a reality for 2019 Lok Sabha polls?


Yes		31%
No		68%

Was K'taka governor right in inviting BS Yeddyurappa to form the government?


Yes		58%
No		41%

Will the Karnataka winner win 2019 polls?


Yes		71%
No		28%

Will Karnataka vote for BJP?


Yes		66%
No		33%

Do you agree with Manmohan Singh that the PM has stooped low in his comments about opponents?


Yes		38%
No		61%

Should Jinnah's portrait be removed from the Aligarh Muslim University?


Yes		78%
No		22%

Will the Asaram verdict caution people against blind faith?


Yes		73%
No		26%

Do you agree with the death penalty for raping a child?


Yes		92%
No		7%

Are you disappointed with the SC verdict refusing to allow a probe into Judge Loya's death?


Yes		36%
No		63%

Has India failed its daughters?


Yes		58%
No		41%

Has India failed Dalits?


Yes		29%
No		70%

Does Salman deserve a 5-year-sentence in the blackbuck poaching case?


Yes		61%
No		38%

Will India beat the CWG 2014 tally of 64 medals?


Yes		80%
No		20%

Will the Congress retain power in Karnataka?


Yes		35%
No		64%

Will you delete your Facebook account?


Yes		48%
No		51%

Ball tampering row: Should Steve Smith be banned for life?


Yes		62%
No		37%

39 Indians killed: Did Sushma Swaraj handle the situation badly?


Yes		34%
No		65%

Will the Lok Sabha pass the no-confidence motion against the govt?


Yes		24%
No		75%

UP bypolls: Can the BJP be defeated in 2019


Yes		47%
No		52%

Will there be a domino effect if Andhra Pradesh gets special status?


Yes		70%
No		29%

Will AIADMK, DMK voters move to Rajinikant and Kamal Haasan?


Yes		62%
No		37%

After Tripura, can the BJP win Kerala, Bengal?


Yes		64%
No		35%

Chidambaram's son's arrest vendetta politics?


Yes		29%
No		70%

Were you a Sridevi fan?


Yes		71%
No		28%

Will privatisation of public sector banks reduce fraud?


Yes		63%
No		36%

Will Kamal Haasan be successful in politics?


Yes		28%
No		71%

Was R Ashwin's match-fixing jibe at Herschelle Gibbs' joke in bad form?


Yes		78%
No		21%

PNB fraud: Did the govt allow Nirav Modi to flee?


Yes		51%
No		49%

Is dialogue the way ahead with Pakistan?


Yes		18%
No		82%

Is the PM's Pak strategy a big fail?


Yes		49%
No		50%

Is there something fishy about the govt's Rafale deal?


Yes		30%
No		70%

Shopian firing: Should Major Aditya Kumar be blamed for the civilians deaths?


Yes		8%
No		91%

Does the PM's comments on Renuka Chowdhury lower the stature of Parliament?


Yes		30%
No		70%

Will government be able to get triple talaq bill passed in Rajya Sabha in Budget Session?


Yes		68%
No		31%

Should the haj subsidy have been cancelled?


Yes		88%
No		11%

Following SC verdict, should cinema theatres continue playing the national anthem?


Yes		60%
No		39%

Do you support action against journalist who reported alleged Aadhaar data breach?


Yes		34%
No		66%

Triple talaq bill: Did the Congress betray Muslims?


Yes		80%
No		19%

Were you affected by the Maharashtra bandh?


Yes		50%
No		50%

Will Tamil Nadu vote for Rajinikanth?


Yes		76%
No		23%

Are you looking forward to the new year?


Yes		67%
No		32%

Is the BMC responsible for the fire at Kamala Mills?


Yes		80%
No		20%

Should the PM apologise to Dr Manmohan Singh over Pak remarks?


Yes		39%
No		60%

Is Sonia Gandhi vital to the Congress?


Yes		50%
No		50%

Should condom ads be banned on TV from 6 am to 10 pm?


Yes		66%
No		34%

Does it matter if Rahul Gandhi is not Hindu?


Yes		50%
No		50%

Will a Cong-Hardik Patel alliance defeat BJP in Gujarat?


Yes		25%
No		74%

Should the film Padmavati be banned?


Yes		44%
No		56%

Was Indira Gandhi a more effective PM than Narendra Modi?


Yes		38%
No		61%

Is GST badly planned, badly executed?


Yes		51%
No		49%

Have you linked your Aadhar card with your bank account?


Yes		66%
No		33%

Should Khichdi be India's national dish?


Yes		59%
No		40%

Should the army be called for civil work projects?


Yes		45%
No		55%

After SC's views, should government stop playing anthem in theatres?


Yes		45%
No		54%

Is BJP gagging criticism by opposing Vijay's 'Mersal'?


Yes		59%
No		40%

Should fire crackers be completely banned?


Yes		48%
No		52%

Should the legal age of marriage for women be raised to 21?


Yes		69%
No		30%

Should Mahatma Gandhi's murder probe be reopened?


Yes		40%
No		59%

Should Lok Sabha and assembly elections be held together?


Yes		82%
No		17%

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