The Platform for Indian Democracy, which conducted the survey, says the survey ‘challenges the prevailing belief that the entire British Indian community support the agenda of the current Narendra Modi-led government in India…’
New Delhi: A survey conducted in the UK among British Indians or Indians living in that country has revealed that 52% of them have a negative view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Fifty percent of Hindus among those surveyed have rejected Hindutva principles.
The survey comprised 500 people who identified themselves as British Indians and was conducted by the Platform for Indian Democracy, which describes itself as a “community-led organisation that seeks to celebrate and protect a truly democratic India”.
Men and women made up equal shares (50% each) of those surveyed. Those between 18 and 44 years of age (57%), Hindus (43%), those with a degree (62%) and those who were born outside the UK (56%) constituted majorities of respondents.
Half the respondents had lived in the UK for up to four years, while the other half had lived there for at least five years.
Views on Modi, India’s trajectory
Thirty-five percent of all respondents had a favourable view of Modi as opposed to 52% who had an unfavourable view.
Among Hindus, 57% viewed the Indian PM favourably, while 71% of non-Hindu respondents viewed him unfavourably.
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