Somnath Bharti's action hurting AAP's image: Poll

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP)’s image suffered a blow for the midnight raids by Law Minister Somnath Bharti in Delhi, suggests an opinion poll conducted by ABP News-Nielsen.

Around 55 per cent respondents surveyed in Delhi feel that the recent incident involving Somnath Bharti will have a negative impact on the image of AAP. According to the poll, 40 per cent respondents felt AAP will not suffer due to the minister’s action and 5 per cent was undecided.

The same opinion poll also found 50 per cent respondents feeling Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should not have staged dharna and protested against alleged non-cooperation by officers of the Delhi Police in the after math of the incident in Khirki Extension. There is a split of opinion among total respondents, with 48 per cent saying otherwise and 2 per cent undecided.




At the same time, the opinion poll found majority of the respondents (50 per cent) surveyed in Delhi rated overall performance of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as 'very good' with a mean score of 3.5, which implies an above average performance. Around 38 per cent rated his performance as good while 12 per cent respondents rated the performance as 'poor'.

Poll also found that more than half the respondents (51 per cent) said they will vote for AAP if Lok Sabha polls were held tomorrow. Around 46 per cent said they will not vote for the party.