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Karnataka polls: Sonia Gandhi to join Rahul, Priyanka to bolster campaign

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Bengaluru: It is a crucial election in Karnataka and it is the first time that three members of the Nehru-Gandhi family have jumped into the election campaign fray in a state as party leaders to woo the voters to bring the party to power in the southern state.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have campaigned extensively in Karnataka and Sonia Gandhi will address a public meeting in Hubbali on Saturday.
Karnataka has a long connection with the Nehru-Gandhi family and has been a “comeback territory” in the past.

Indira Gandhi made a political comeback from Chikmagalur in Karnataka in a bypoll in 1978. Sonia Gandhi also fought from Ballari in the state in her debut election in which she was also in the fray from Amethi.
Karnataka is crucial for Congress as it can mark its revival for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. If BJP is defeated in Karnataka, the party will not be in power in any southern state.
With Rahul Gandhi having been disqualified from Lok Sabha following his conviction in a criminal defamation case and the election debacles Congress faced in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress is pinning strong hopes on Karnataka where it has strong state leadership.
The party feels that a win in Karnataka will give it a massive boost to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the 2024 general elections and emerge as a fulcrum of opposition unity.
Rahul Gandhi has so far held 17 rallies and roadshows in Karnataka, while his sister Priyanka Gandhi has done 19 rallies.

The campaign for May 10 polls will continue at the same pace in the next four days as well.
Apart from Rahul-Priyanka’s road shows and rallies, Rahul Gandhi is also likely to hold a press conference.
Sonia Gandhi has not campaigned in any state elections in the recent past.
The former Congress president did the last election rally in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli.
She gave a speech at the Bharat Bachao rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on December 14, 2019.
The area around Hubballi is seen to a “laboratory of Hindutva politics” in Karnataka and the Congress has chosen this place for Sonia Gandhi’s rally.
Apart from members of the Gandhi family, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who hails from Karnataka, has been campaigning in the state for the last 20 days.
The party’s Karnataka in-charge Randeep Surjewala has been camping there for the past two months with an army of spokespersons.
While Priyanka Gandhi had campaigned in her mother’s and brother’s constituencies in Uttar Pradesh before her formal entry into politics, it is the first time that the three members of Nehru-Gandhi family will be part of the campaign as full-time leaders of the Congress.
The Karnataka assembly elections will be held in a single phase on May 10, with the counting of votes scheduled for May 13.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 5, 2023
Days before Karnataka polls, ‘Tipu’ film announced; to show ‘dark side’ of Mysuru sultan

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Mumbai: Days before the Karnataka Assembly polls, where the name of Tipu Sultan keeps getting invoked by his right-wing critics, the makers of ‘Tipu’, the film, have announced that their feature will present a “different side” of the king of Mysuru.
Tipu Sultan, till the BJP questioned the narrative, was known as a freedom fighter, an able administrator and the man who introduced India to rocketry. For some years now, the BJP in Karnataka has made a political issue out of Tipu’s record of forced conversions, which is exactly what the film seeks to highlight.
The BJP’s north-east strategist, adviser to the Manipur Chief Minister and well-known author and TV commentator Rajat Sethi has done the research for the film.

The film’s director, Pawan Sharma, said: “What we are taught in school about Tipu Sultan is gross misinformation. I stood absolutely shaken and disillusioned to know his reality as a bigoted king. Through my film I am daring to show a brutal reality that has been manipulated just for us to take him to be a warrior hero.”
He added: “Tipu Sultan’s Islamic fanaticism was much worse than that of his father Hyder Ali Khan’s. He was a Hitler of that era.”
Sethi added: “While history has been unkind to many heroes, it has mischievously ignored the tyranny of many others. Tipu is one such historical figure whose adulation and admiration is overrated, while his cruelties have been neatly concealed in our textbooks.
“Not only history, but popular culture – movies, theatres, etc. – have also systematically ignored a realistic and balanced portrayal of Tipu. This movie is a humble attempt to initiate a course correction on his narrative.”
Producer Sandeep Singh, who has been behind films such as ‘PM Narendra Modi’, ‘Swatantra Veer Savarkar’, ‘Atal’ or ‘Bal Shivaji’, said: “This is the cinema I personally believe in. My films stand for truth… I was brainwashed into believing him to be a braveheart as shown in our history textbooks. But nobody knows his malevolent side. I want to expose his dark side for the future generation.”

Backed by Eros International, Rashmi Sharma Films and Sandeep Singh, ‘Tipu’ will have a multilingual release in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil Telugu and Malayalam.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 4, 2023
Mamata Banerjee calls for unity of all anti-BJP forces ahead of Lok Sabha polls

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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday gave a call to all non-BJP forces in the country to unite in order to bring about a change in the central regime in the Lok Sabha polls scheduled next year.
On competition of the second year of her third term as Chief Minister, Banerjee released a video message in which she said that there is an urgent necessity for unity of all opposition forces in order to make the 2024 polls an “election for change”.
“The next Lok Sabha polls will be for change. If all the opposition parties unite, the defeat of BJP will be inevitable. The country needs a change. Let the 2024 polls bring that change,” she said in the video message.

However, she did not make it clear whether Congress features in the blueprint of Trinamool Congress’ united opposition alliance.
In the video message, she also launched a scathing attack against the Centre on the twin issues of demonetisation and National Register of Citizens (NRC).
“Does such a government deserve any further support? No power is absolute and bigger than the common people who will have the final word. This time we will not lose. We will win,” the Chief Minister said.
However, both the Congress and the CPI(M) ridiculed Banerjee over her call for unity of opposition forces against BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
According to state Congress President and veteran Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, such comments are meaningless especially when Trinamool was responsible for consolidating the strength of the BJP in West Bengal.

“I doubt whether Trinamool Congress at all enjoys any credibility in national politics. It has already lost its national party status. Probably, the Chief Minister has realised that she will lose her grip in West Bengal in the coming days and hence she is calling for opposition unity now,” Chowdhury said.
CPI(M) central committee member Sujan Chakraborty almost echoed Chowdhury’s views when he said that such call for opposition unity does not suit the Chief Minister after she indirectly helped the BJP in the polls to elect the Vice President of India as well in the Assembly polls in Goa and Meghalaya.
“Trinamool Congress lacks credibility,” he said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 2, 2023
Karnataka polls: ECI directs state teams to enhance vigil

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New Delhi: Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday, held a video conference with the officials to review the election arrangements, law and order condition in the state.
The video conference was held with Chief Secretaries, Director Generals of Police, Nodal Police Officers, Nodal Officer CAPF and senior officials from enforcement agencies including Coast Guard, NCB, Income tax, etc of Karnataka and border states of Goa, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the ECI stated.
During the review meeting, CEC Rajiv Kumar directed state teams to enhance vigilance on the state borders. He specifically emphasized the need for vigil over the 185 Interstate check posts across the six neighbouring States, to ensure no cross-border movement of illicit cash, liquor, drugs, or freebies takes place.

While taking note of the seizure of over Rs 305 crores to date (as compared to only Rs 83 crores during the 2018 elections), the CEC asked to fix the responsibility of local officers failing to control money power.
He asked the officials to step up the seizures with support from adjoining border states and instil fear of administration amongst the violators to fulfil the Commission’s resolve of an inducement-free election in the state. Kumar also directed Coast Guard and Narcotics Control Bureau officials to keep strict vigil and help curtail the drug menace.
The CEC further directed the officials to keep a strict watch over social media for any violations and fake narratives vitiating the election atmosphere. He also urged the officials to raise the bar further on voter turnout, gender, youth and urban electors participation.
Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey asked the officials for strict action against anti-social elements, follow-up of pending NBWs and strict vigil during the silence period to ensure elections without fear and favour. While emphasizing the scope of improvement in illicit liquor seizures, he directed officials to act against kingpins, prevent stockpiling of liquor and ensures no diversion of molasses meant for export or any other use as defined by law.
Election Commissioner Arun Goel asked the officials to tighten the vigilance without causing inconvenience to the public and ensure thorough follow-up post-seizure operations. He said that the objective of this review is to sensitize neighbouring states and also to put in the best efforts for the smooth conduct of elections.

On March 29, the Election Commission announced the schedule for the assembly elections in Karnataka.
The polling of votes will take place on May 10, and the counting of votes will take place on May 13.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 2, 2023
G-20 Summit: Farooq Abdullah Alleges ‘Jammu Being Ignored’

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SRINAGAR: National Conference president and Member Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday said it is unfortunate that G20 meetings are being conducted in Kashmir and Ladakh and not in Jammu.
Abdullah lashed out at the government for ignoring Jammu in the upcoming G-20 event.
“Centre has avoided Jammu and I am surprised that none of the leaders from BJP is speaking about it. Is Jammu being taken for granted or do they think that it is in their pocket? Even those who chanted ‘Jammu and Dodra’ raised voices on not holding meeting in Jammu,” he said.
Asked about the residential facilities for non-locals in Jammu, the NC president termed it “an effort to end the Dogra language and culture”.
“If outsiders are settled here, identity of dogras will vanish. People from outside will take our jobs and land,” he added.
Speaking to the media persons in Jammu, Abdullah further said the party would neither skip any of the elections nor beg for holding the exercise in J&K. He was responding to a question on the speculations on holding Panchayat elections in the Union Territory.
“It is good if panchayat elections will take place; that is the basic democracy,” Farooq said, adding, “Whether it is panchayat or DDC elections, we will contest all and won’t skip any; but we also won’t beg for holding the polls.”
Speaking about the joint opposition platform against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Farooq Abdullah said, “I have no magical lamp to predict opposition unity ahead of 2024 polls, but we are trying”.

Reacting over former J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik’s support for the abrogation of Article 370 and his remarks on the Pulwama attack, Abdullah said, “Satya Pal Malik himself acknowledged that the Pulwama incident was their mistake and that they did not provide five aircraft for the transportation of force personnel.”
On the recent Poonch attack, he said that even after the abrogation of Article 370, “terrorism” has not ended.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

May 1, 2023
‘Uniform Civil Code, state capital region’: BJP’s manifesto for Karnataka polls

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Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Monday released the party’s manifesto or vision document for the Karnataka Assembly elections in Bengaluru.
Claiming that they had touched every section of society with their last manifesto, the BJP has this time promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code, provide 10 lakh jobs and ‘state capital region’ tag for Bengaluru.
Amid backlash over the purported merger of Nandini milk with Amul, the party has also promised free half-litre Nandini milk, and three free of-cost LPG gas cylinders to the poor families.

The party proposes to build five lakh houses in the urban areas and 10 lakh houses in the rural areas. Along with five kg of rice, five kg of siridhanya will also be distributed in ration shops.
The BJP has been in a tough fight with the Congress to win the Assembly polls scheduled for May 10 with BJP supremo and Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding roadshows in the state.
With its motto of ‘justice to all, appeasement to none’, the BJP-led state government also withdrew 4 percent Muslim quota for backward/ Pasmanda communities to award it to Vokkaligas and Lingayats in the state which make up an essential percentage of the votes in the state.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 1, 2023
J-K polls – an unresolved conundrum

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Now it has reached a point of exasperation. All parties barring BJP, of course, have started questioning the Central government for not holding polls in Jammu and Kashmir, which are now not only overdue but also driving a narrative whether the government is interested in holding it in the foreseeable future or it wants to continue with an unacceptably long spell of the federal rule which is one month short of five years now.
This is making people impatient, and it is not a good sign for the democratic credentials of the country.
There are no clear answers. The Centre has thrown the ball in the court of the Election Commission of India, while the fact remains that ECI, in regard to J&K depends on the feedback from the Centre, because it cannot risk timings on its own without having a checklist on the security situation of the place and the mood of the people. The Centre holds the key. And since there are no answers available, the holding of Assembly polls in J&K has become a conundrum.

The last Assembly polls in the erstwhile state were held in November-December 2014 and the former state had its last elected government until June 2018, and that was of BJP and PDP, the two parties which were poles apart from each other, but their numerical compulsions led them to strike an ideological compromise. The two parties could not sustain the political strains and the BJP drew first blood by withdrawing support to the Mehbooba Mufti led coalition government. There were plans to put an alternate government in place, but the Centre could not decide which way to go. Since then, the elected government has become an illusion.
Today, now that five years have passed since the end of the elected government in J&K, the Centre’s dilly-dallying on elections has injected other thoughts and articulation in the political narration that the Centre is not interested in risking the gamble of polls in J&K, for it is not only uncertain of its own victory, but also fearful what will happen if the opposition gains majority. In J&K, the elections are not all about as to who would form the government. The election and its outcome in J&K have national and international connotations. The Centre knows it, and therefore it is more than cautious because it also has a legacy of having abrogated Article 370 ad split of the state into two federally administered union territories of Ladakh, and J&K that has changed the whole complexion of the polls, and more so by the delimitation commission exercise that favoured Hindus in Jammu region which got six out of seven additional constituencies in the proposed House of 1990. It is one year since the Delimitation Commission gave its final report – May 5, 2022 – but the elections have not been held. At the moment, it is undergoing second spell of electoral rolls, something which the people see as a plan to delay the polls time and again.
The political parties are quite vocal in posing questions to the Centre over the polls, as they don’t buy the thesis that the Election Commission of India is the sole decider about the polls in J&K . The ECI depends , as always, particularly since 1996 , on the feedback on the security situation and overall atmosphere. There, however, is a dichotomy, ECI has drawn its schedule for Lok Sabha polls, as it did in 2019 when it conducted general elections in the state with the rest of the country, but when it comes to Assembly polls, there is no timeline nor it is being spelt out.
“The government must explain, why it is not holding polls in Jammu and Kashmir when it is broadcasting day in and day out that normalcy has returned to the land and people,” asked Altaf Bukhari, president of Apni Party, the political grouping that is known for its balancing act – not touching extremes on either side of the political divide in Kashmir. “ We agree that the situation has improved, normalcy is there, no encounter has taken place in the last few months, no local has joined the rank of militant groups for last eight months,” he asserts and then questions if this is not conducive time to hold polls, then when?
Centre’s repeated assertion that Panchayat polls have been held, spawning democracy in Jammu and Kashmir, like never before, the argument being that the three-tier panchayat polls were held in the UT first time since its independence. There is almost a chorus by other parties, whether the election to panchayats in other states and UTs have been end in itself, then why Assembly polls are being held there? Right from National Conference president to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, all leaders are asking, “are panchayat polls substitute for everything in the democratic set up.” Bukhari went a step further and asked “why hold elections to the Parliament, fill it with Panchayat members.”

This is scathing criticism of the BJP and the Centre, but the adequate response is not forthcoming. Perhaps, the Centre is ignoring this talk about elections as desperation of the parties to come to power , but it is not comprehending the outcome of this restiveness in J&K. The delay in elections can assume a serious dimension which will cause more alienation, and a stage may come when the polls will lose the relevance and appeal. J&K has changed in optics, but a lid on its inner urge for democratic government cannot be kept for long.
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May 1, 2023
Karnataka assembly polls: JP Nadda to release BJP election manifesto today

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Bengaluru: Ahead of the Karnataka elections slated to be held on May 10, the Bharatiya Janta Party is expected to release its election manifesto today, as per sources.
The manifesto will be released by party president JP Nadda in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and party veteran BS Yediyurappa.
Sources said the party manifesto may focus on welfare measures for the youth, infrastructure development and women empowerment.

Further, to take the first-time voters on board, a special announcement can be made for the youth and girl students who have passed class 12.
In the 2018 election manifesto, BJP touched every section of society. The party had also included cow protection measures in its manifesto.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing an election rally in Kolar on Sunday, came down heavily on Congress for drawing parallels between him and a snake.
PM Modi said that the people of Karnataka will give the party a “befitting answer” in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, in an election rally in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi on Thursday, said, “PM Modi is like a ‘poisonous snake’, you might think it’s poison or not. If you lick it, you are dead.”

Lashing out at Congress over the remark, PM Modi said, “Today when I am fighting against corruption, Congress is disturbed the most. Congress is now threatening. They say ‘Modi teri kabra khudegi’. Congress’ topic in Karnataka elections is snake’s poison. They are comparing me with a snake and seeking votes from people. For me, the people of the country are a form of Lord Shiva. I accept being the snake on the neck of the god-like public. The people of Karnataka will give them a befitting answer on May 10.”
PM Modi launched a scathing attack on Congress terming the party as an “outdated engine”.
“Congress is an ‘outdated engine’. Development halted due to them. Congress has a bundle of fake guarantees. They don’t fulfil any promise made to the public. ‘Unfulfilled guarantees’ are their record. They betrayed the public, but BJP fulfilled all the guarantees by doing several development works,” PM Modi said.
Notably, Congress has promised a number of guarantees to the people of Karnataka ahead of the state Assembly polls slated on May 10, including 200 units of free electricity.
The Prime Minister has hit the ground to campaign for the BJP in the last leg of the campaigning, in which he is conducting a number of poll rallies and roadshows to turn the tide in favour of the party, in what is expected to be a tripartite contest among BJP, Congress and JDS.
Assembly elections will be held in Karnataka on May 10 and the counting of votes will take place on May 13.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 1, 2023
People will teach Congress a lesson in May 10 polls: Karnataka CM Bommai

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Bengaluru: Hitting out at the Congress and its leaders for criticising the BJP in Karnataka over the reservation issue, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday said the people will teach a lesson to the grand old party in the May 10 Assembly elections.
“The Congress leaders say those who avail of the reservation facilities are beggars. Are the SC, ST, OBC, and Lingayats beggars? The people will teach a lesson to the Congress,” Bommai said at a rally.
Speaking at a roadshow while campaigning for BJP candidate M.S. Somalingappa in Siraguppa on Saturday, Bommai said Somalingappa has developed the constituency, adding he also wished to develop his constituency on the lines of Siraguppa.

“Among the development works included a college and Kanaka Bhavana. All this happened due to the BJP government. As many as 54 lakh farmers have benefited from the Kisan Sanman scheme, thanks to the double-engine government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Around 1.5 crore people have got the Ayushman card, 13 lakh houses have been constructed and 40 lakh houses have got drinking water connections,” Bommai said.
“After I became the Chief Minister, the ‘Vidyanidhi’ scheme was implemented to help the children of farmers, fishermen, and agricultural laborers. For youth and women, the government implemented Swami Vivekananda Yuva Shakti and Stree Samarthya schemes, respectively. In the name of social justice, the Congress party would keep the Dalits in the wells, get them voted for the Congress in the election, and again keep them in the same place.
“I took a bold step to hike the quota for SC/ST thanks to the inspiration from Buddha, Basavanna, Valmiki, Kanakadasa, and our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Let the Congress stop us if they have the guts,” he added.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 29, 2023
2024 polls Trump-Biden rematch but majority of Americans prefer new candidates

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Washington: The 2024 Presidential race to the White House appears to be clearly a 2020 rematch between the GOP favourite Donald Trump and US President Joe Biden as current trends indicate that 70 percent of Republicans back Trump despite his indictment and criminal investigations and multiple probes of tax frauds, incitement to violence and spiriting away of top secret documents.
Nearly 70 percent of GOP voters stand behind Trump amid indictment and investigations, says an NBC poll but the majority of Americans are highly displeased with the Trump versus Biden rematch in 2024 as the current scenario emerges.
Almost two-thirds of Republican primary voters say they will back former President Donald Trump and show no concern about his eligibility, electability, despite his recent criminal arrest in a lower Manhattan court in New York for hush money paid to an adult star during his 2016 poll campaign, and other legal investigations into his past conduct, the NBC poll was reported in leading media outlets in the country.

Trump’s double-digit lead over his nearest potential GOP rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — makes the former president the clear front-runner in the primaries as of now in the Republican presidential nomination.
Paradoxically, the Republican Party’s continued enthusiasm for Trump contrasts sharply with a nation torn apart on critical issues such as abortion rights, gun laws, and high health care and higher education’s costs clearly reflecting their displeasure towards the 2024 race and how it is shaping up, while Biden is trying to fix them.
Political strategists and multiple polls by agencies suggest that a huge majority of Americans do not want Trump or President Joe Biden to run for president in 2024, resulting in what they perceive as a potentially divisive and uninspiring general-election rematch between the two heavy weights — one a rich billionaire with extreme right wing views promoting hard core capitalism, and the other a seasoned politician statesman coming off as a compassionate human wanting to do good for the urban middle class and the poor.
Biden’s opponents cite his age (80) as the main reason for their opposition to him to run. Trump, however, is 76 years old.
Both appear too old for the job people feel, which is, however, rejected by senior Congressmen as older senators and Congressmen have contributed a lot to the country.

Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research, which conducted this poll with Republican pollster Bill McInturff and his team at Public Opinion Strategies said: “Sequels are frequently hits at the box office, but apparently not at the ballot box.”
McInturff, the GOP pollster, said: “It’s clear that people do not want a Biden-Trump rematch.”
The NBC News poll — conducted April 14-18 — came after Trump’s arraignment in New York City over charges that he falsified business records to conceal damaging information in a hush-money case.
It also followed grand juries in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., examining the former president’s reported interference in Georgia’s 2020 election results, his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol and his inept handling of classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home seized by the FBI claimed to be CIA, FBI and National Security documents which ought to have been handed over to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Such is the popularity of the New York tabloid headliner, Donald Trump, who has occupied the headlines of Manhattans papers despite being out of politics for 30 years, that 46 percent of Republican primary voters pick him as their first choice, while 31 percent select DeSantis as the 2024 candidate they favor.
Mike Pence is pretty much a low choice at 6 percent, and by former South Carolina Governor and US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, Senator Tim Scott (who is exploring a 2024 bid), and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, who are all tied at 3 percent.
Businessman of Indian origin Vivek Ramaswamy has 2 percent.
Meanwhile, DeSantis is the second choice of 33 percent of GOP primary voters, Trump is the second pick of 20 percent, and Haley is the second choice of 14 percent.
What is striking is that nearly 70 percent of Republican primary voters stated that they back Trump despite the various criminal investigations he is facing.
Sixty-eight percent of GOP primary voters opine that investigations into Trump are politically motivated and are designed to stop him from being president again, and that they must support him now to stop his opponents from winning, reports said.
Contrast this with 26 percent who say it is important to nominate a candidate other than Trump who would not be distracted and who can focus only on beating Biden in the general election.
Yet among all voters — not just Republicans — 52 percent believe that Trump is being held to the same standard as anyone else accused of doing what he did as he faces charges in New York. Another 43 percent disagree and say he is being unfairly targeted, the poll said.
As for Trump, 60 percent of Americans — including a third of Republicans — think the former president should not run in 2024. Forty-one percent say they would vote for Biden in the general election. The NBC News survey finds a combined 41 percent of registered voters saying they would definitely or probably vote for Biden in the general election, versus 47 percent who say they would vote for the eventual Republican nominee.
Biden said he was not bothered by the poll numbers as he stood exactly where his predecessors stood at 42 to 46 percent rating and went onto win the presidency.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 29, 2023