New Delhi, Jun 2 (IANS): Amid four consecutive lockdowns when unprecedented migrant crisis was witnessed in the country, the popularity and performance of the central government remained intact across the nation, barring few states as people were satisfied with the work and performance of the Union Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
According to the survey conducted by IANS -CVoter during the last week of the lockdown 4.0, states like Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh gave high rating of satisfaction to the central government.
Topping the list is Himachal Pradesh with 97.46 per cent was followed by Odisha and Chhattisgarh where people were satisfied with the work of the central government.
In the top 10 states where there was feel good factor -- majority of the state are ruled by non-BJP parties.
In top 15 satisfied states where the endorsement rate is more than 60 per cent are the BJP-ruled states Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Assam NE and Karnataka. While rest of the states are ruled by either Congress including Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Rajasthan while two states Jharkhand and Maharashtra is ruled by Congress supported alliance.
States like Andhra Pradesh,Telangana and Odisha is ruled by regional parties.
The worry for BJP would be in Goa which is last in the list and here the Union Government is not at all popular. In Goa the rating is 9.62 per cent while in Haryana which is due to complete a year in government the is 28.73 per cent which is less than Kerala where it has 30 per cent approval .
Going minutely in the survey the highest percentage in BJP ruled state is Himachal Pradesh where more than 97 per cent people are satisfied followed by Gujarat with 75.4 per cent and then Assam with 73 per cent satisfied people with the central government's performance.
The graph of performance of the union government is also intact in the Congress-ruled states, with Chhattisgarh topping the list with 91.42 per cent followed by Rajasthan 66.95 per cent and third Punjab 63.96 per cent.
The performance of the Central government is highest in Odisha ruled by BJD among the regional parties with 95.73 percent followed by Andhra Pradesh 78.65 per cent ruled by YSRCP and the third is Telangana ruled by TRS with 68.96 per cent performance endorsement.
Among the states ruled by Congress supported alliance, it is in Jharkhand, where central government has highest popularity followed by Maharashtra.