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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