64% Think BJP Is Using Hindutva As Only A Way To Get Votes

OUTLOOK-CFORE SURVEY AMONG HINDUS

64% Think BJP Is Using Hindutva As Only A Way To Get Votes

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Do you think the BJP is using Hindutva as only a way to get votes?
Yes	64	60	50	67	65	68	70	50
No	27	30	42	23	27	25	21	42
Don't Know	9	10	8	10	8	7	9	8
Hindutva Leaders believe that Hindus are actually second class citizens in India, compared to the minorities. Do you agree?
Yes	14	17	11	13	14	8	9	26
No	78	70	80	81	79	84	80	68
Don't Know	8	13	9	6	7	8	11	6
Who, among these, in your opinion, has done the most for Hindus?
Swami Vivekananda	38	40	42	45	42	48	40	28
VHP	16	15	18	12	11	6	7	36
A.B. Vajpayee	9	5	5	6	7	11	10	6
L.K. Advani	7	6	5	6	5	5	11	15
Mahatma Gandhi	30	34	30	31	35	30	32	15
Do you think India should change from "secular republic" to "Hindu republic" ?
Yes	13	18	10	10	15	8	9	20
No	76	73	79	79	78	80	77	69
Don't Know	11	9	11	11	7	12	14	11
Have Hindus, as a whole, been given a bad image by the people who killed Muslims in Gujarat?
Yes	79	75	85	83	82	86	83	59
No	12	14	9	7	8	8	6	32
Don't Know	9	11	6	10	10	6	11	9
Do you think the Gujarat riots were:
Justified	7	10	7	8	7	5	5	12
Unjustified	78	72	81	79	75	82	84	73
Somewhat Justified	12	18	12	13	18	13	11	15
Will you be comfortable if you had a Muslim neighbour or tenant?
Yes	66	46	80	76	67	80	78	34
No	32	51	19	23	30	18	20	62
Don't Know	2	3	1	1	3	2	2	4
How should the Kashmir Problem should be solved?
Politically	38	31	48	41	37	39	45	25
Militarily	10	15	6	7	7	4	3	28
A combination of the two	52	54	46	52	56	57	52	47
Do you think the BJP-led government has protected Hindu interests and sentiments?
Yes	45	50	40	43	48	41	38	55
No	48	42	51	49	49	48	59	38
Don't Know	7	8	9	8	3	11	3	7
Do you think the caste system is:
Unjust	78	75	73	73	79	81	88	68
Just	16	18	17	17	19	15	8	21
Somewhat both	6	7	10	10	2	4	4	11
All figures in percentage
METHODOLOGY The Centre for Forecasting and Research (CFore) conducted the survey in the above cities between June 23 and June 26. A total of 738 Hindus were interviewed of which upper-caste respondents were 42 percent, backwards 35 percent and Dalits constituted 23 percent.
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