Lucknow: A month after Yogi Adityanath came to power with historic mandate in Uttar Pradesh, most people seem to support his decisions, including those which were considered controversial, even as they would want a long-term focus on issues like unemployment and lawfulness.
A good 24% participants said the Yogi government’s campaign against VIP culture and corruption has been most impactful, while 13% said banning of pan masala and tobacco in government offices was their favourite decision.
But voters seem to be far more complex than the simplistic debates around political issues in media. The same participants who are happy with the drive against slaughterhouses and Anti-Romeo Squads would want the state government to have totally different set of priorities, going forward: While 30% want unemployment to be the focus area, 24% said law and order should be the priority. About 18% participants said they want focus on women security, followed by 15% who said agriculture sector needs immediate attention, and 13% who asked for more work on infrastructure like electricity, roads and water.
Unlike the fears around Yogi Adityanath being a divisive figure because of his pre-poll speeches, which were often seen as anti-Muslim, a whopping 66% participants said as a chief minister he would focus on inclusive development —‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas’. While 31% said one month was too early to believe that the Yogi government will treat everyone equally, just 3% said they feared discrimination from the state government.
Among the benefits of having the same party’s government in the state and at the Centre, 58% participants expressed hope that villages in UP will now benefit more from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiatives.
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