INDIA TODAY - SURVEY - Part (III)

(01) Who in the Central Government do you blame for price rise?

Manmohan Singh	37
Pranab Mukherjee	24
Sharad Pawar	16
Others/Don’t Know/ Can’t say	23

All Figures in %

39% say the PM should have to resign in the wake of the 2G scandal

(02) Do you think Congress should have kept details of Sonia Gandhi’s illness a secret?

Yes, it is  a personal issue	41
No, people have the right to know	39
Others/Don’t Know/ Can’t say	20

43% believe the Prime Minister is not his own man

(03) How do you rate the PM’s performance in the last two and half years?

Average	37
Good	26
Poor	25
Outstanding	5
Others/Don’t know/Can’t say	23

All Figures in %

47% feel Manmohan Singh and the then finance minister P. Chidambaram knew exactly what A. Raja was doing in telecom.

(04) Has Sonia Gandhi performed better as leader of the Congress this year when compared to last year?

Same	34
Better	26
Worse	19
Much Better	7
Others/Don’t know/Can’t say	14

All Figures in %

35% believe there is a rift between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister P. Chidambaram

(05) Who has been the best Prime Minister of India?

Indira Gandhi	30 (31)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	30 (24)
Rajiv Gandhi	12 (12)
Jawaharlal Nehru	11 (14)
Lal Bahadur Shastri	8 (8)
Others/Don’t know/Can’t say	7
Manmohan Singh	2 (5)

All figures in %

Figures in brackets indicate Aug 2011 responses

37% say the quality of life has become worse in the past year.

35% say it has become better

(06) Do you think China wants to wage a war with India?

No	46
Yes	26
Others/Don’t know/Can’t say	28

All figures in %

49% believe their economic situation will remain the same in the next six months

(07) Who will be the No. 01 hero this year?

Salman Khan	24 (20)
Shah Rukh Khan	7 (13)
Akshay Kumar *	5
Aamir Khan	3(11)
Ajay Devgn *	3

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Figures in brackets indicate Aug 2011 responses

38% believe the Government should censor Internet and social media like Facebook and Twitter

(08) Who will be the No. 01 heroine this year?

Kareena Kapoor	17 (14)
Katrina Kaif	14 (30)
Vidya Balam *	6
Priyanka Chopra	5(12)
Kajal Agarwal *	2

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Figures in brackets indicate Aug 2011 responses

56% feel higher courts are merely doing their duty and not exceeding their jurisdiction