63% of Punjabis approve of the change in leadership
73% of Dalit Sikhs and 65% of Dalit Hindus approve of the Congress party’s decision.
PRASHNAM INSIGHT #42
Capt. Amarinder Singh had to finally give in to the ‘revolt’ against him by his fellow MLAs. After the tumultuous events involving the Congress high command and the Punjab legislature party, Punjab got its new CM this week.
Prashnam tried to find what people thought about this - whether this change of guard was appropriate and who should lead the Congress in the upcoming assembly elections.
The following 2 questions got 1240 responses across the state of Punjab. Also, Prashnam analysed the questions across castes to note patterns, if any.
Q1: The Congress party has appointed Charanjit Singh Channi as the new Chief Minister of Punjab. What is your view on this?
1: Yes, it was the correct decision to appoint Channi as the new Chief Minister
2: Replacing Capt. Amarinder Singh as CM was correct, but Channi was not the right choice as CM
3: Replacing Capt. Amarinder Singh was not correct
4: I do not have a view
63% of people surveyed approved of the decision to replace Capt. Amarinder Singh with Charanjit Singh Channi.
Q2: Who should be the Chief Minister face of the Congress party for the upcoming assembly elections?
1: Navjot Singh Sidhu
2: Capt. Amarinder Singh
3: Charanjit Singh Channi
4: I do not have a view
Navjot Singh Sidhu emerged as the most popular choice followed by the new CM Charanjit Singh Channi. Capt. Amarinder Singh was a distant third among the 3 but still holds support among non-Dalit Hindus.
Read the full report in The Print here.
The raw response data is available here.