Wednesday

27th July 2017

Following the political crisis that loomed in Bihar since Wednesday evening, ABP News and C-Voter conducted a snap poll to gauge the opinion of the people of Bihar.Nitish Kumar is facing a lot of flak among the political circles for his unexpected decision to join hands with BJP and surprisingly scrapping ties with RJD abruptly. Political experts believe he has accepted that the Modi-wave would continue even after two years with the Mahagathbandhan being left with no chance.However, many beyond the political fraternity have termed it a smart move demonstrating his political maneuverability.Former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who is an accused in the land-for-hotels scandal, was asked to "come out with facts in public against the accusations" by JD-U. Nitish Kumaronsaid since Tejashwi did not provide any explanation to the allegations, it become difficult for him to run the grand alliance government.The RJD has maintained that the charges against Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family are politically motivated. Lalu had questioned why the CBI was implicating Tejashwi, who was a minor at the time when the allotment of IRCTC hotels at Puri and Ranchi were made to private persons his wife Rabri Devi, who did not hold any public office then.The ABP News / Cvoter Snap poll was conducted onacross 228 assembly segments of Bihar interviewing 1071 randomly selected respondents across all demographics. Data weighted to known population profile.