Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been rated as ‘India’s Most Popular Chief Minister’ under the ‘Mood of the Nation survey 2022’ conducted by India Today. Total 71.1% respondents in the survey from Odisha voted in favour of Naveen.
“Nearly 71% of respondents of the total of 2,743 from Odisha said they were satisfied with Naveen Patnaik,” the magazine stated. After Naveen, 69.9% of the 4,982 respondents from West Bengal expressed satisfaction at Mamata Banerjee’s performance.
Similarly, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin garnered 67.5% approval ratings, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray 61.8%, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan 61.1%, Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal 57.9%, Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma 56.6%, and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel 51.4%.
The MOTN survey, however, shows that in only one of the states ruled by the BJP or its ally, the chief minister’s rating touched or crossed the 50% mark. In five states- — Assam, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, UP, and MP — the CMs have a rating above 40% for satisfaction with performance.
Three BJP/NDA chief ministers — in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Bihar — have a rating between 35%-40% and in four states — Haryana, Karnataka, Puducherry, and Goa — the ratings of BJP/NDA CMs is between 27%-35%. In Goa, BJP CM Pramod Sawant has a low satisfaction rating of 27.2%.
58% respondents in the MOTIN survey said that they were satisfied with Narendra Modi’s performance as Prime Minister while 52.5% wanted to see him as the next PM.
