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UPA does not deserve another term: Opinion poll
An opinion poll survey conducted by CNN-IBN shows that people are dissatisfied with the present UPA government and majority believe the UPA-II government does not deserve another term to rule.
The survey shows that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is facing a credibility crisis as his honest image has taken a beating in view of the present scams and controversies surrounding UPA-II government.
The prime minister is being perceived as a person who is not bold or tough in taking decisions, says the poll.
Among the respondents more than half (56 per cent) are dissatisfied with the present term of the UPA government. The government is also going though the phase of worst credibility crisis as two-third of the respondents (67 per cent) feel that the government has lost its credibility.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's performance in the second term is rated as poor by more than half of the respondents and majority (61%) of respondents feel he should be replaced.
Price rise closely followed by corruption are the seen as the biggest failures of the Manmohan Singh government.
As the UPA-II government is set to complete four years, the people feel the present government is weak and lacks the courage to take decisions. The people also feel that there is a rise in corruption in last one year.
As the UPA-II government is going to enter into the last year of its second term, CNN-IBN Urban India poll was conducted by GFK Mode to understand the perception towards the UPA-II government in context of the current state of governance, the issues that are occupying mind-space in urban India as well as key leadership issues.
The CNN-IBN Opinion Poll Survey shows Narendra Modi is the most preferred leader across political parties to become the next prime minister. Narendra Modi gets maximum support from the respondents, more than twice that of Rahul Gandhi or Dr Manmohan Singh, according to the findings of the survey.
Methodology: The poll was carried out in 12 cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Patna, Chandigarh, Bhopal and Jaipur from May 7 - 11, 2013. A total of 2,466 respondents above the age of 18 years across all 12 cities were interviewed based on a close ended questionnaire. Within each selected city, respondents were selected from different areas ensuring geographical dispersion.
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56% urban respondents dissatisfied with UPA-II's performance
Major findings of the survey:
Satisfaction with Manmohan Singh government
More than half of the respondents are dissatisfied with the current government's performance.
Dissatisfied -- 56 per cent
Satisfied -- 28 per cent
Undecided -- 16 per cent
Manmohan Singh government credibility index
The prime minister and the UPA government appears to have lost their credibility as two-third respondents agree to the statement
Has lost credibility 67 per cent
Better than others 31per cent
Undecided 2 per cent
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'Failure to control price rise, corruption biggest failures'
Top 3 failures of UPA 2
Price rise and inflation has been stated as the biggest failure of UPA-II by 1/3rd respondents, closely followed by 1/4th respondents suggesting 'corruption' as the biggest failure
Price rise and inflation 34 per cent
Rise in corruption 24 per cent
Economic decline 12 per cent
Manmohan Singh government corruption index
Nearly 3/4th respondents at an overall level say that the corruption levels have increased in the last one year
Has increased 71 per cent
Same as before 20 per cent
Has decreased 8 per cent
Undecided 1 per cent
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'Government is weak and lacks courage to take decisions'
Statement that best describes UPA government
More than 1/3rd respondents feel that the current government is weak and lacks courage, while close to 25% think that they lack political maturity
35 per cent feel the government is weak and lacks courage to take decisions
23 per cent feel the UPA-2 government lacks political maturity
16 per cent say the government lacks good and talented leaders, and ministers
16 per cent say the government lacks communication skills required to govern a modern country
10 per cent say the government's arrogance has created mistrust with the opposition
Performance of Dr Manmohan Singh in UPA-2
More than half the respondents have rated Dr Manmohan Singh's performance in the second term as "poor".
Poor 54 per cent
Average 27 per cent
Good 19 per cent
Should Manmohan Singh be replaced as prime minister?
Majority of the respondents across centres say that Dr Manmohan Singh should be replaced as the prime minister
Yes 61 per cent
No 37 per cent
Can't say per cent
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Modi emerges clear favourite as PM
Most suitable candidate from UPA as prime minister?
Those who think that Dr Manmohan Singh should be replaced, consider Rahul Gandhi as the most suitable replacement for him...although 18% respondents feel that none from the UPA is suitable for the post of PM.
None from UPA 18 per cent
Rahul Gandhi 24 per cent
Manmohan Singh 17 per cent
Sonia Gandhi 8 per cent
A K Antony 4 per cent
P Chidambaram 4 per cent
Who should be India's next prime minister?
Narendra Modi gets maximum support -- more than twice that of Rahul Gandhi or Dr Manmohan Singh
Narendra Modi 38%
Rahul Gandhi 14%
Manmohan Singh 13%
Sonia Gandhi 6%
L K Advani 5%
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