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| Congress-led UPA in deep trouble | | CNN-IBN survey | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 2: The last four five days have not brought any cheer to the Congress and the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre. On October 28, the pre-poll survey conducted by CDSD for IBN7 and THE WEEK predicted a doom for the Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and a great victory for the incumbent BJP for the third time in a row. On October 29, the same survey predicted a massive victory for the BJP in the Congress-ruled Rajasthan. On October 29, the CDSD pre-poll survey suggested that the Congress government in Delhi was on its way out, the BJP would emerge as the single largest party in the assembly and the newly-founded Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hit hard both the Congress and the BJP. One thing was very clear that the Congress would suffer a humiliating defeat in all the four states of MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi.
As if all this was not enough to rattle the Congress high command, the CDSD survey conducted for CNN-IBN added more to its woes. The survey, which was telecasted on October 31 by CNN-IBN, suggested that the Congress-led UPA would win around 130 seats and the Congress around 120 in case general election is held now. The UPA will win a maximum of 134 seats and the Congress 126. In 2009, the Congress had surprised the people by winning 206 seats in its own.
What must have rattled the Congress high command all the more was the finding of the survey that the BJP-led NDA would win around 195 seats if elections are held now. As for the BJP, the survey said that the BJP would improve its 2009 tally by at least 60 seats. In 2009, the BJP had won only 116 seats.
All this shows that while popularity graph of the BJP-led NDA is rising, that of the Congress-led UPA is declining at an alarming speed. The problem of the Congress is that it has no leader worth his name who can inspire the suffering people across the country. Sonia Gandhi is there but she has lost her sheen and appeal. Priyanka Gandhi has also lost her charisma. Rahul Gandhi who is leading the Congress party from the front has no appeal at all. In contrast, the BJP and the NDA have scores of leaders who are quite capable of turning the tables on the Congress and the UPA. The nature of problem the Congress has been facing could be seen from the fact that it doesn't dare to declare Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha election. The fact is that the Congress is in deep trouble. |
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