‘AAP clear winner if there is re-poll in Delhi’

Arvind Kejriwal is likely to gain big if there is a re-election in Delhi as well as during Lok Sabha election. His political martyrdom will help him and his party, the Aam Aadmi Party, to rise like the phoenix. A private news channel survey has also predicted that after the fall of the Delhi government on Friday over the Janlokpal bill, AAP is likely to dent the Congress most.

The snap poll conducted by ABP News, however, said that around 49.1 per cent feel Kejriwal did the right thing by quitting from the post of CM over Janlokpal row, whereas 48.9 per cent respondents feel it was a wrong decision to bring down the government in 49 days.

A majority of the people interviewed during the survey are ready to give another chance to Kejriwal. Around 67 per cent respondents of the survey feel that AAP deserves another chance and are likely to vote for the party again if there are re-polls in Delhi right now. A meagre 6.5 per cent is likely to vote for the Congress, 23.1 per cent said they would vote for the BJP if assembly elections are held again in Delhi.

According to the poll, a majority of respondents, 84.8 per cent, feel there should be re-polls in Delhi. Only 15.2 per cent feel assembly elections should not be held again in Delhi. The survey further said around 55.6 per cent respondents are likely to vote for Kejriwal’s AAP party in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as compared to over 67 per cent in Delhi. The appeal of AAP party seems to be confined to the Delhi polls. Around 34.1 per cent predicted to vote for BJP whereas only 6.7 per cent to support Congress in the Lok Sabha elections. As per the snap polls, Congress predicted to get dented by AAP in both assembly and Lok Sabha polls.

According to the snap poll, around 62 per cent respondents feel that Kejriwal’s AAP government fulfilled the promises made by them in their short 49-day stint in Delhi. Around 31.9 per cent feel he could not give all that was promised by the AAP party. The snap poll was conducted by ABP news and IPSOS in 10 assembly constituencies in Delhi with 1013 respondents on 15 February.