Mobilenews24x7 Bureau
Whatever the opinion polls say but, even the NDA supporters, Opposition supporters and overall respondents felt that PM Modi should intervene in this dispute. 68.3 percent respondents overall, 75.5 Opposition voters and 57.5 NDA voters held this belief.
Protest Gains general sympathy
The ongoing protest by wrestlers alleging sexual harassment against sidelined Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, seems to be gaining sympathy among the general public.
According to a poll conducted by CVoter, “66.5 percent of the people surveyed said they believe that the protesting wrestlers are telling the truth. Only 17.3 percent said that they believed Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.”
The survey further divides the respondents based on voting preference and it turns out that 54.1 percent NDA voters also believe the wrestlers over Singh, who is seemingly a BJP heavy weight and MP.
There is a significant degree of dissatisfaction with the Delhi Police’s handling of the sexual harassment probe so far.
40.1 percent respondents said that they are ‘completely dissatisfied’ with the action taken by the Delhi police so far, while 18.6 percent said they are ‘somewhat dissatisfied’.
Sports Ministry in firing line
Significantly, even NDA voters blame the police or the sports ministry. 34.5 percent people who identified as NDA voters blamed the police while 27 percent blamed the sports minister and ministry.
It can be said going by what the survey reveals that about 59 percent respondents are dissatisfied overall.
Why Anurag Thakur keeps mum
Otherwise very proactive in the media the Union Sports Minister maintains a studied silence.
On that 36.6 percent respondents said that the ‘slow pace of police investigation’ is to blame for the lack of a solution on the issue, 32 percent respondents said that the Union Sports Ministry and Sports Minister are to blame for this.
Interestingly, the police and the ministry are under the control of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the centre.
Thus the demand for the arrest of Brij Bhushan is on the rise and that too among the NDA voters which is 43.3 percent.
The division between NDA voters and Opposition voters is slightly more sharp on the question of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s arrest.
Among Opposition voters, the figure is 64.1 percent favouring the arrest and 20.5 opposing it presently. The figure for all the respondents put together is 55.8 percent in favour and 26.8 percent against.
