Karnataka elections: Unemployment biggest issue in poll-bound state: Survey

According to NDTV, the survey was conducted from April 20-28 among 2,143 registered voters in 82 polling stations. The Karnataka assembly elections 2023 are scheduled to be held on May 10, while the counting of votes will take place on May 13. The election will be held to elect the 224-member assembly. This time it is expected that there will be a close contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) is playing the role of a potential kingmaker.

Coming back to the survey, it was found that around 28 per cent respondents considered unemployment as the biggest issue followed by poverty (25 per cent). Other issues like lack of development, price rise and education got seven per cent votes from the respondents.

Last month, while campaigning in the state, Rahul Gandhi had remarked that the BJP government was the most corrupt in India. “They take 40% commission, the same money that was used to steal the MLAs of the previous government.” He also questioned, “Will the PM explain the source of money used to buy MLAs in Goa, MP, Karnataka, Northeast.”

Rahul Gandhi in his recent campaign has also raised the question of corruption in the state. “This BJP government is a government of theft. BJP stole democracy by destroying it 3 years ago. Why is PM Modi not speaking about the corruption done by this government? He should tell what steps he has taken to stop corruption in Karnataka.

However, only six per cent of the respondents found corruption to be a problem in the state. When the respondents were asked about the increase in corruption in the last five years, more than half i.e. 53 per cent answered yes, while 35 per cent said it remained the same and 11 per cent said it had gone down.

When respondents were asked whether prices in their areas had increased or decreased in the past five years, a majority, 67 per cent, said prices had increased, while 23 per cent said it had remained the same, while only 9 per cent said prices had increased. have decreased.

Meanwhile, a pre election survey The upcoming assembly elections conducted by a Kannada media outlet Edina showed a clear victory of the Congress party by defeating the BJP. The survey predicts that the Congress will be headed for a comfortable majority in the 2018 assembly elections with 134–140 seats out of 80, while the BJP will get 57–65 out of 104 seats in the previous elections. Earlier another opinion poll survey was done c voter predicted a clear victory for the Congress party with the survey showing that the party would win 115–127 seats while the BJP would get 68–80 seats, and the JD-S 23–35. It was also revealed that 57 percent people are angry with the current government. Talking about the government’s performance, the survey showed that 47 per cent rated Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s performance as poor while only 26.8 per cent rated it as good.

Congress vs BJP

Congress has been one of the main players in the politics of Karnataka and has formed its government in the state several times. In 2008, the party suffered a major defeat, winning only 80 of the 224 assembly seats. But in 2013 it made a comeback and won a majority by winning 122 seats. In the last election, it won 80 seats and formed a coalition government with JD(S) which fell in 2019. Currently, it is the main opposition party in the state.