Despite the ongoing protests, the Modi govt has said it won't go back on CAA. (Photo: AP)

Issues like the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the proposed all-India National Register of Citizens (NRC) are attempts made by the Narendra Modi government to divert public attention from serious issues, finds India Today Group's Mood of the Nation poll.

The MOTN poll found that 43 per cent of the respondents believe that CAA and NRC are attempts to divert attention from serious economic issues like unemployment and price rise.

However, 32 per cent respondents said they don't think these issues are aimed at diverting public attention from serious issues, while 25 per cent said they either can't say/don't know.

A region-wise breakup of the response showed that 50 per cent respondents in South India consider CAA and NRC to be attempts aimed at diverting attention. The figures for North, East and West are 40 per cent, 44 per cent and 41 per cent, respectively.

The India Today Mood of the Nation poll also presents a religion-wise breakup of the responses. The poll found that 42 per cent of polled Hindus consider CAA and NRC to be attempts to divert attention from serious issues while 55 per cent Muslims believe the same.

THE MOTN POLL ALSO FOUND

THE METHODOLOGY

The India Today Group-Karvy Insights Mood of the Nation (MOTN) poll was conducted by Karvy Insights Limited. A total of 12,141 interviews were conducted (67 per cent rural and 33 per cent urban, and an almost equal number of females and males), spread across 97 parliamentary constituencies in 194 assembly constituencies in 19 states-Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

In each of the assembly constituencies, different starting points were selected, covering all the five zones of an assembly constituency: north, south, east, west and the centre. A fixed number of interviews were conducted, rigorously following the right-hand rule of household selection.

The fieldwork for the MOTN poll was conducted from December 21, 2019 to December 31, 2019. The survey followed random sampling. All interviews were conducted face-to-face using a standard structured interview questionnaire, which was translated into regional languages.

The poll was conducted under the supervision of Ranjit Chib, who is the chairman of Karvy Insights. He was assisted by Sachin Gupta and Debashish Chatterjee, both associate vice presidents at Karvy Insights.